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COMMENTS |
| I. Are the Results Valid? |
- Were all important strategies and outcomes
included?
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- Was an explicit and sensible process used to
assemble the evidence into probabilities?
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- Were the utilities obtained in an explicit and
sensible way from credible sources?
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- Was the impact of uncertainty in evidence
explored?
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| II. What Are the Results? |
- Does one strategy yield a clinically important
gain for patients? If not, is the result a "toss-up"?
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- How strong is the evidence used in the analysis?
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- Could uncertainty in the evidence change the
results?
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| III. Will the Results Help Me In My Patient Care? |
- Do the probabilities fit my patients’clinical
features?
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- Do the utilities reflect my patients’ values?
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