Overview on the development and application of the key concepts for decision-making in health care

Notas metodológicas

Published on 23 de junio de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.05.3065

Overview on the development and application of the key concepts for decision-making in health care

Key concepts group comparisons between treatments.

2.1. Do not be misled by unfair comparisons!	Different comparison groups Indirect comparisons Different attention and care Different expectations or behaviors Different outcome assessment Unreliable assessment of outcomes Many people have not followed up Outcomes considered in the wrong group
2.2. Don't be misled by unreliable summaries of treatment comparisons!	Non-systematic summaries Selective report Unsupported assumptions
2.3. Don't be misled by how the effects of treatments are described!	Words only Relative effects Average effectsPocas personas o eventos Análisis de subgrupos Estadísticamente significativo Sin intervalo de confianza No evidence

Source: Elaborated by authors based on Oxman et al. [4].