Extending an evidence hierarchy to include topics other than treatment: revising the Australian 'levels of evidence'

作者: Tracy Merlin , Adele Weston , Rebecca Tooher

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-9-34

关键词: Evidence-based medicineGrading (education)Systematic reviewHealth technologyHierarchy of evidenceClinical study designSchema (psychology)Knowledge managementEmpirical evidenceMedicineManagement science

摘要: … and thus it was not ideal to assess studies that addressed other types of clinical questions. This paper reports on the revision and extension of this evidence hierarchy to enable broader …

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