Methodology for Developing Deprescribing Guidelines: Using Evidence and GRADE to Guide Recommendations for Deprescribing

• Barbara Farrell ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara Farrell, Kevin Pottie

  * E-mail: bfarrell@bruyere.org

  Affiliations Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

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• Kevin Pottie ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara Farrell, Kevin Pottie

  Affiliations Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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• Carlos H. Rojas-Fernandez ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, Schlegel-UW Research Institute on Ageing, Waterloo, Canada

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• Lise M. Bjerre ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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• Wade Thompson ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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• Vivian Welch

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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