Hierarchy of Evidence: From Case Reports to Randomized Controlled Trials

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 413, Issue , 2003, Pages 19-24

  Brighton, Brian ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b,c   Tornetta III, Paul ^a   Felson, David T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; MEDICAL RECORD;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0042476732     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000079323.41006.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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