20 years of Cochrane Glancing backwards - moving ahead: a tale of two Cochrane review groups

Autor: Nikki Jahnke, Tracey Remmington, Emma J Welsh, Christopher J Cates, Alan R. Smyth
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Paediatric respiratory reviews. 14(3)
ISSN: 1526-0550
Popis: The Cochrane Collaboration is widely recognised as setting the gold standard for assessing and reporting research to determine the effectiveness of different healthcare treatments and interventions. It is a not-for-profit, global network of approximately 28,000 contributors in more than 120 countries, the majority of whom are volunteers (there are only 500 paid staff). There are over 22,500 contributing review authors; and approximately 5100 of Cochrane contributors are located in countries with lowand middle-income economies. Currently over 5400 reviews are published in The Cochrane Library, with another 2300 reviews underway. More than half the world’s population already has one-click access to Cochrane Review content through licenses or free access through the lowand middle-income countries programme. All Cochrane Reviews and updates published from February 2013 will be available on an open access basis 12 months after publication in The Cochrane Library. With over 75 trials published each day, staying on top of the most up-to-date literature is an impossible task. For over 20 years The Cochrane Collaboration has produced systematic reviews to address questions that clinicians are asking about their practice. Cochrane Reviews distil information from all the relevant clinical trials and combine the results trying to minimise bias at each step.
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