A large number of taxonomies are used to rate the quality of an individual study and the
strength of a recommendation based on a body of evidence. We have developed a new …

Simplifying the language of evidence to improve patient care: Strength of Recommendation
Taxonomy (SORT): a patient-centered approach to grading evidence in the medical literature …

Health care decisions are increasingly being made on research-based evidence rather than
on expert opinion or clinical experience alone. Systematic reviews represent a rigorous …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guidelines,
quality and value of health services, and science-based decision making are becoming …

Background Systems that are used by different organisations to grade the quality of
evidence and the strength of recommendations vary. They have different strengths and …

Background A number of approaches have been used to grade levels of evidence and the
strength of recommendations. The use of many different approaches detracts from one of the …

OBJECTIVE: To establish guidance on grading strength of evidence for the Evidence-based
Practice Center (EPC) program of the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality …

This article describes the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and
Evaluation (GRADE) approach to classifying the direction and strength of recommendations …

Abstract Objectives The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and
Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group developed an approach to assess the quality of …

Article-at-a-Glance Background The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) is a
collaboration of 17 Minnesota medical groups. Among other activities, ICSI develops health …