Objectives: The study determined whether the results of recently completed systematic
reviews evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions were used in the …

Devereaux PJ, Yusuf S (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). The evolution of
the randomized controlled trial and its role in evidence‐based decision making (Clinical …

The final common pathway for most systematic reviews is a statistical summary of the data,
or meta-analysis. The complex methods used in meta-analyses should always be …

Background Systematic reviews allow health decisions to be informed by the best available
research evidence. However, their number is proliferating quickly, and many skills are …

Background Hundreds of studies of maternity care interventions have been published, too
many for most people involved in providing maternity care to identify and consider when …

Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health
interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence …

Healthcare decisions for individual patients and for public health policies should be
informed by the best available research evidence. The practice of evidence-based medicine …

Abstract Background In 1992, Evidence-Based Medicine advocates proclaimed a" new
paradigm", in which evidence from health care research is the best basis for decisions for …

Abstract Participants in the Cochrane Collaboration conduct and periodically update
systematic reviews that address the question,“What works?” for healthcare interventions …

Medical practices, clinical practice guidelines, clinical performance measures and
measurements, and a variety of health care–related administrative decisions, such as …