Strength of recommendations in WHO guidelines using GRADE was associated with uptake in national policy

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 703-707

  Nasser, Syed Muhammad Umar ^a   Cooke, Graham ^a   Kranzer, Katharina ^b   Norris, Susan L ^c   Olliaro, Piero ^c,d   Ford, Nathan ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GRADE; Guidelines; Quality; Strength; Uptake; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84928924600     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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