Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes and Study (PICOS) design as a framework to formulate eligibility criteria in systematic reviews

Mehrdad Amir-Behghadami^{1

2}, Ali Janati^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management (IceHM), Department of Health Service Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran (the Islamic Republic of) Behghadami.m@gmail.com.
² Student Research Committee (SRC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
³ Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management (IceHM), Department of Health Service Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
⁴ Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).

Comment

Mehrdad Amir-Behghadami et al. Emerg Med J. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;37(6):387.

doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-209567. Epub 2020 Apr 5.

Mehrdad Amir-Behghadami^{1

2}, Ali Janati^{3

4}

¹ Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management (IceHM), Department of Health Service Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran (the Islamic Republic of) Behghadami.m@gmail.com.
² Student Research Committee (SRC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
³ Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management (IceHM), Department of Health Service Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).
⁴ Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran (the Islamic Republic of).

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Keywords: publication; research, methods.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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