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. 2014 Jul 8;11(7):e1001671.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001671. eCollection 2014 Jul.

Improving the transparency of prognosis research: the role of reporting, data sharing, registration, and protocols

George Peat  1 , Richard D Riley  2 , Peter Croft  1 , Katherine I Morley  3 , Panayiotis A Kyzas  4 , Karel G M Moons  5 , Pablo Perel  6 , Ewout W Steyerberg  7 , Sara Schroter  8 , Douglas G Altman  9 , Harry Hemingway  10 ; PROGRESS Group
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Improving the transparency of prognosis research: the role of reporting, data sharing, registration, and protocols

George Peat et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

George Peat and colleagues review and discuss current approaches to transparency and published debates and concerns about efforts to standardize prognosis research practice, and make five recommendations.

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Figure 1. Illustration of the timing of prognosis study registration, protocol publication, data sharing, and reporting.
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