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Evaluating Published CER Evidence

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Applying Comparative Effectiveness Data to Medical Decision Making

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It is challenging to translate the huge valuable information into practice in order to solve humanity problems of the world. From evidence to recommendation is a critical step to reach this goal. This chapter uses plenty of examples to introduce how to identify and assess evidence, how to evaluate recommendation’s direction and strength, and how to develop a good recommendation in practice.

Aside from an instruction of evidence source and acquisition, this chapter also introduces the history of evidence level and provides an example of current modified evidence level for therapeutic studies.

Another highlight is that this chapter integrates a latest clinical practice guideline for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with the details of developing an intervention recommendation based on the GRADE criteria. It could serve to guide other researchers to apply this procedure to develop other recommendations.

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  1. Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA

    Jinma Ren PhD

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  1. Affiliate Faculty, Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, Research Professor, Director of Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Carl Asche

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Ren, J. (2016). Evaluating Published CER Evidence. In: Asche, C. (eds) Applying Comparative Effectiveness Data to Medical Decision Making. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23329-1_4

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