Evidence vs Consensus in Clinical Practice Guidelines
- 26 August 2019
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 322 (8), 725-726
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.9751
Abstract
This Viewpoint argues that the language distinguishing evidence-based from consensus-based clinical guidelines is misleading because both require consensus, and argues that it is more accurate to distinguish evidence-based guidelines, which require recommendations consistent with underlying evidence, from non-evidence-based guidelines, which do not.Keywords
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