title: What is "quality of evidence" and why is it important to clinicians?
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5. guyatt@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Gordon H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Guyatt
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Oxman
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kunz
authors.forename: Gunn E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Vist
authors.forename: Yngve
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Falck-Ytter
authors.forename: Holger J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schünemann
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D017594:Publication Bias; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards