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Methods for the development of NICE public health guidance (third edition)

NICE process and methods [PMG4] Published: 26 September 2012

  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Topic selection and scoping the guidance
  • 3 Determining the evidence for review and consideration
  • 4 Identifying the evidence
  • 5 Reviewing the scientific evidence
  • 6 Incorporating health economics
  • 7 Developing recommendations
  • Appendix A Conceptual framework for the work of the Centre for Public Health Excellence (CPHE)
  • Appendix B Electronic resources
  • Appendix C Example of audit information to accompany search strategies
  • Appendix D Glossary of study designs
  • Appendix E Algorithm for classifying quantitative (experimental and observational) study designs
  • Appendix F Quality appraisal checklist – quantitative intervention studies
  • Appendix G Quality appraisal checklist – quantitative studies reporting correlations and associations
  • Appendix H Quality appraisal checklist – qualitative studies
  • Appendix I Quality appraisal checklist – economic evaluations
  • Appendix J Process for using review-level material in exceptional circumstances
  • Appendix K Examples of evidence tables
  • Appendix L NICE review format
  • Appendix M Fieldwork
  • Appendix N Expert testimony summary template
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April 2014: The algorithm in appendix E has been corrected. The Yes and No labels after the 'Representative (random) samples of the population?' question were transposed.


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