The Evidence Basis for the American College of Rheumatology Practice Guidelines

Alí Duarte-García; Richard Zamore; John B Wong

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.6680

The Evidence Basis for the American College of Rheumatology Practice Guidelines

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Jan 1;178(1):146-148. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.6680.

Authors

Alí Duarte-García^{1

2

3}, Richard Zamore^{3

4}, John B Wong^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
² Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
³ Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁵ Division of Clinical Decision Making, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This study evaluated the quality of the evidence base and the strength or benefit to harm ratio of the recommendations in the American College of Rheumatology Clinical Practice Guidelines

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Retrospective Studies
Rheumatic Diseases / therapy*
Rheumatology / standards*
Societies, Medical*
United States