Guide |
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| I. Are the Results Valid? |
| 1) Were all important strategies and outcomes
included? |
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| 2) Was an explicit and sensible process used to
identify, select, and combine the evidence into probabilities? |
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| 3) Were the utilities obtained in an explicit and
sensible way from credible sources? |
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| 4) Was the potential impact of any uncertainty in
the evidence determined? |
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| II. What are the Results |
| 1) In the baseline analysis, does one strategy
result in a clinically important gain for patients? If not, is the result a
"toss-up"? |
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| 2) How strong is the evidence used in the
analysis? |
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| III. Will the Results Help
Me in My Patient Care? |
| 1) Do the probability estimates fit my
patients’ clinical features? |
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| 2) Do the utilities reflect how my patients would
value the outcomes of the decision? |
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