What is “quality of evidence” and why is it...

What is “quality of evidence” and why is it important to clinicians?

Abstract

Guideline developers use a bewildering variety of systems to rate the quality of the evidence underlying their recommendations. Some are facile, some confused, and others sophisticated but complex

Authors

Guyatt GH; Oxman AD; Kunz R; Vist GE; Falck-Ytter Y; Schünemann HJ

Journal

The BMJ, Vol. 336, No. 7651,

Publisher

BMJ

Publication Date

May 3, 2008

DOI

10.1136/bmj.39490.551019.be

ISSN

0959-8138

Associated Experts

Gordon Guyatt

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Holger Schunemann

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences