Methodology

Methodology

How clinic, market, treatment, policy, and reference content is researched, scored, and reviewed.

The Maloney Review publishes its review methodology before it publishes its reviews. Each content type below has a dedicated methodology page describing inputs, evidence standards, and scoring criteria.

  • The clinical-standards framework: the five-category framework applied to every clinic review, with scoring bands, conflict-of-interest policy, and re-review cadence
  • Treatment option reviews methodology: evidence standards, peer-reviewed sourcing, specialist consensus
  • Market reviews: research inputs, expert interviews, on-site visits (forthcoming)
  • Reference content: update cadence and source rules (forthcoming)
  1. 6 May 2026

    Methodology

    The Maloney Review clinical-standards framework

    The five-category framework the publication applies to every clinic review, written down in full so a reader can predict the score. Pass / Concern / Fail per category. A single Fail in Category 1 or Category 2 is …

    Dr. Rita Maloney