The Cochrane Collaboration: Preparing, Maintaining, and Disseminating Systematic Reviews of the Effects of Health Care

摘要: In an influential book published more than twenty years ago, Archie Cochrane drew attention to our great collective ignorance about the effects of health care, and explained how evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) could help us use resources rationally. He recognized that people who want take informed decisions care do not have ready access reliable reviews available evidence. 1979, he wrote: "It is surely a criticism profession we organised critical summary, by specialty or subspecialty, adapted periodically, all relevant randomised trials." The Collaboration has evolved in response this challenge will eventually cover areas care. Contributors many countries specialties are preparing maintaining systematic RCTs, other when appropriate. These be disseminated using electronic media through Database Systematic Reviews.