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Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT): A Patient-Centered Approach to Grading Evidence in the Medical Literature

Mark H. Ebell, Jay Siwek, Barry D. Weiss, Steven H. Woolf, Jeffrey Susman, Bernard Ewigman and Marjorie Bowman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice January 2004, 17 (1) 59-67; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.1.59
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vol. 17 no. 1 59-67
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.1.59
PubMed 
15014055

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication November 20, 2003
  • Revision received November 20, 2003
  • Published online March 10, 2004.

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  1. Mark H. Ebell, MD, MS,
  2. Jay Siwek, MD,
  3. Barry D. Weiss, MD,
  4. Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH,
  5. Jeffrey Susman, MD,
  6. Bernard Ewigman, MD, MPH and
  7. Marjorie Bowman, MD, MPA
  1. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing (MHE)
  2. Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC (JS)
  3. University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson (BDW)
  4. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond (SHW)
  5. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio (JS)
  6. University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (BE)
  7. University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia (MAB)
  1. Address correspondence to Mark Ebell, MD, MS, 300 Snapfinger Dr., Athens, GA 30605 (e-mail: ebell{at}msu.edu)
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Jan 2004, 17 (1) 59-67; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.1.59

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Jan 2004, 17 (1) 59-67; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.1.59
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