The GRADE evidence-to-decision framework: A report of its testing and application in 15 international guideline panels

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Neumann, Ignacio ^a,b   Brignardello Petersen, Romina ^a,c   Wiercioch, Wojtek ^a   Carrasco Labra, Alonso ^a,c   Cuello, Carlos ^a   Akl, Elie ^d   Mustafa, Reem A ^a,e   Al Hazzani, Waleed ^a   Etxeandia Ikobaltzeta, Itziar ^a,g   Rojas, Maria Ximena ^h   Falavigna, Maicon ⁱ   Santesso, Nancy ^a   Brozek, Jan ^a,f   Iorio, Alfonso ^a   Alonso Coello, Pablo ^a,j   Schünemann, Holger J ^a,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^g Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^h Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

ⁱ HOSPITAL MOINHOS DE VENTO   (Brazil)

^j CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence to decisions framework; GRADE; GRADEpro; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; REST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84988037373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0462-y     Document Type: Article

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