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Learn moreCollecting all recommendations for a healthier tomorrow.
This database provides users with an efficient means to search and find guidance based on their questions of interest, with built-in search, filter, and cross-tabulate functions.
We use the broadly accepted population, interventions, comparators, and outcomes (PICO) to map and catalog recommendations.
One of its primary targets is to allow contextualized local, provincial, regional and jurisdictional decision-making for health care workers and decision-makers by adopting or adapting these recommendations.
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