Bottom-line recommendations by clinical category
| A | B | C | A or B* | B or C† | Total | |
| Overall Bottom-Line | 576 (18%) | 1099 (34%) | 1576 (49%) | 1675 (51%) | 2675 (82%) | 3251 |
| Prevention | 192 (20%) | 345 (37%) | 403 (43%) | 537 (57%) | 748 (80%) | 940 |
| Diagnosis | 74 (4%) | 376 (19%) | 1515 (77%) | 450 (23%) | 1891 (96%) | 1965 |
| Treatment | 600 (26%) | 890 (39%) | 812 (35%) | 1490 (65%) | 1702 (74%) | 2302 |
| Prognosis | 113 (7%) | 894 (55%) | 614 (38%) | 1007 (62%) | 1508 (93%) | 1621 |
*Recommendations based on patient-oriented evidence (improvements in how well or long patients live).
†Studies with inconsistent evidence of benefit, low validity studies or based on disease-oriented evidence.