Population/s Population/s Population/s Population/s studied in body of studied in the studied in body of studied in body of evidence are the body of evidence evidence differ to evidence differ to same as the target are similar to the target population target population Generalisability population for the target population for guideline but it and hard to judge guideline for the guideline is clinically whether it is sensible to apply sensible to this evidence to generalise to target population3 target population Directly applicable Applicable to Probably Not applicable to to Australian Australian applicable to Australian Applicability healthcare context healthcare context Australian healthcare context with few caveats healthcare context with some caveats SR = systematic review; several = more than two studies Level of evidence determined from the NHMRC evidence hierarchy Table 6 – If there is only one study, rank this component as applicable’. ‘not 3 For example, results in adults that are clinically sensible to apply to children OR psychosocial outcomes for one cancer that may be applicable to patients with another cancer. Source: () Expert advice An advisory panel was established to provide guidance to the health technology assessors to ensure that the assessment is clinically relevant and takes into account consumer interests. Membership of the advisory panel is provided at Appendix B.
Generalisability Population/s studied in body of evidence are the same as the target population for the guideline Population/s studied in the body of evidence are similar to the target population for the guideline Population/s studied in body of evidence differ to target population for guideline but it is clinically sensible to apply this evidence to target population3 Population/s studied in body of evidence differ to target population and hard to judge whether it is sensible to generalise to target population Applicability Directly applicable to Australian healthcare context Applicable to Australian healthcare context with few caveats Probably applicable to Australian healthcare context with some caveats Not applicable to Australian healthcare context SR = systematic review; several = more than two studies Level of evidence determined from the NHMRC evidence hierarchy – Table 6 If there is only one study, rank this component as ‘not applicable’. 3 For example, results in adults that are clinically sensible to apply to children OR psychosocial outcomes for one cancer that may be applicable to patients with another cancer. Source: () Expert advice An advisory panel was established to provide guidance to the health technology assessors to ensure that the assessment is clinically relevant and takes into account consumer interests. Membership of the advisory panel is provided at Appendix B.