Introducing GRADE across the NICE clinical guideline program

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 124-131

  Thornton, Judith ^a   Alderson, Philip ^a   Tan, Toni ^a   Turner, Claire ^a   Latchem, Sue ^a   Shaw, Elizabeth ^a   Ruiz, Francis ^a   Reken, Stefanie ^a   Mugglestone, Moira A ^b   Hill, Jennifer ^c   Neilson, Julie ^c   Westby, Maggie ^c   Francis, Karen ^d   Whittington, Craig ^e   Siddiqui, Faisal ^a   Sharma, Tarang ^a   Kelly, Victoria ^a   Ayiku, Lynda ^a   Chamberlain, Kathryn ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^d National Collaborating Centre for Cancer   (United Kingdom)

^e National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Evidence synthesis; GRADE

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GRADE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING; WORK;

EID: 84871298111     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.12.007     Document Type: Note

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