Julie Robinson posted:
> I am trying to identify systems for rating the quality of evidence and strengths
> of recommendations. Most standards are clinical, but I am especially
> interested in ones that could be applied to social policy.
>
> I am aware of standards by: NICE; GRADE;California Evidence-based clearing
> house; Swedish IMS version of the California Evidence-based clearing house;
> coalition for Evidence based Policy.
>
You might consider the 2002 Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 47 publication "Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence" prepared for AHRQ by West et al. (AHRQ publication #02-E016).
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David Birnbaum, PhD, MPH
Adjunct Professor
School of Nursing & School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
Principal, Applied Epidemiology
British Columbia, Canada
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