Journal article
Impact of quality of evidence on the strength of recommendations: an empirical study
Abstract
BackgroundEvidence is necessary but not sufficient for decision-making, such as making recommendations by clinical practice guideline panels. However, the fundamental premise of evidence-based medicine (EBM) rests on the assumed link between the quality of evidence and "truth" and/or correctness in making guideline recommendations. If this assumption is accurate, then the quality of evidence ought to play a key role in making guideline …
Authors
Djulbegovic B; Trikalinos TA; Roback J; Chen R; Guyatt G
Journal
BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 9, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2009
DOI
10.1186/1472-6963-9-120
ISSN
1472-6963