Finding What Works in Health Care
Committee On Standards For Systematic Reviews Of Comparative Effectiveness Research; Board On Health Care Services; Institute Of Medicine
Healthcare decision makers in search of reliable information that compares health interventions increasingly turn to systematic reviews for the best summary of the evidence. Systematic reviews identify, select, assess, and synthesize the findings of similar but separate studies, and can help clarify what is known and not known about the potential benefits and harms of drugs, devices, and other healthcare services. Systematic reviews can be helpful for clinicians who want to integrate research findings into their daily practices, for patients to make well-informed choices about their own care, for professional medical societies and other organizations that develop clinical practice guidelines. ... Read more
Table of Contents- Front Matter
- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Standards for Initiating a Systematic Review
- 3 Standards for Finding and Assessing Individual Studies
- 4 Standards for Synthesizing the Body of Evidence
- 5 Standards for Reporting Systematic Reviews
- 6 Improving the Quality of Systematic Reviews: Discussion, Conclusions, and Recommendations
- Appendix A: Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Appendix B: Glossary
- Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and Questions to Panelists
- Appendix D: Expert Guidance for Chapter 2: Standards for Initiating a Systematic Review
- Appendix E: Expert Guidance for Chapter 3: Standards for Finding and Assessing Individual Studies
- Appendix F: Expert Guidance for Chapter 4: Standards for Synthesizing the Body of Evidence
- Appendix G: Expert Guidance for Chapter 5: Standards for Reporting Systemic Reviews
- Appendix H: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Checklist
- Appendix I: Committee Biographies
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