Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognosis: rating confidence in estimates of event rates in broad categories of patients

Iorio, Alfonso; Spencer, Frederick A; Falavigna, Maicon; Alba, Carolina; Lang, Eddie; Burnand, Bernard; McGinn, Tom; Hayden, Jill; Williams, Katrina; Shea, Beverly; +7 more... Wolff, Robert; Kujpers, Ton; Perel, Pablo; Vandvik, Per Olav; Glasziou, Paul; Schunemann, Holger; Guyatt, Gordon; (2015) Use of GRADE for assessment of evidence about prognosis: rating confidence in estimates of event rates in broad categories of patients. BMJ (Clinical research ed), 350 (mar16 ). h870-. ISSN 0959-8138 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h870 Downloaded from: http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2131850/

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