Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the significance of emotional distress
immediately after a myocardial infarction as a predictor of physical, psychological, and …

This article describes the system for rating the quality of medical evidence developed and
used during creation of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research-sponsored heart …

“More research is needed” is a conclusion that fits most systematic reviews. But authors
need to be more specific about what exactly is required

The merits or otherwise of publishing hospital specific death rates are much debated. This
article compares the relative sensitivity of measures of process and outcome to differences in …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop and test a generic framework to enable
international collaboration for producing and sharing results of health technology assessments (…

Background: Appropriate and timely provision of ambulatory care is an important factor in
maintaining population health and in avoiding unnecessary hospital use. This article describes …

Objective. —To develop and test a method for comparing the appropriateness of
hysterectomy use in different health plans. Design. —Retrospective cohort study. Setting. —Seven …

Since you know there is more than 1 randomized controlled trial (RCT), you look first for a
systematic review. Your MEDLINE search (using the terms fecal occult blood test and …

There are a growing number of published studies that suggest that much health care is
delivered inappropriately. There are calls for measures of appropriateness to be used by …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare optical coherence tomography
angiography (OCTA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) for the assessment of corneal …