The Pocket Guide to Critical Appraisal. Iain K. Crombie

CHAPTER 13: Certainty of Evidence The nature of certainty of evidence Downgrading the certainty of evidence Factors that increase certainty Overall assessment of certainty Conclusion

      20  CHAPTER 14: Assessing Value Measuring potential benefit Harm and the balance between benefit and harm Costs and cost effectiveness Feasibility of implementation of a treatment Health equity Summary

      21  Appendix: Further Reading Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 3: Identifying the research design Chapter 4: Interpreting the results Chapter 5: The in‐depth interrogation Chapter 6: Appraising surveys Chapter 7: Appraising cohort studies Chapter 8: Appraising case–control studies Chapter 9: Appraising randomised controlled trials Chapter 10: Cohort studies that evaluate the effectiveness of interventions Chapter 11: Appraising systematic reviews Chapter 12: Summarising risk of bias Chapter 13: Certainty of evidence Chapter 14: Assessing value

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      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 12TABLE 12.1 Initial ranking of the research designs.TABLE 12.2 Illustration of an assessment of risk of bias in an RCT.

      Guide

      1  Cover Page

      2  Table of Contents

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright

      5  Acknowledgements

      6  Preface to the First Edition

      7  Preface to the Second Edition

      8  Begin Reading

      9  Appendix: Further Reading

      10  Index

      11  Wiley End User License Agreement

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