BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Evolution of evidence on overall survival benefits of cancer drugs included on the national reimbursement drug list of China, 2005–2022: an observational study

Objective To assess evidence of overall survival (OS) benefits of cancer drugs listed in China’s National Reimbursement Drug ...
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Over 1000 terms have been used to describe evidence synthesis: a scoping review

Objective To inform the development of an evidence synthesis taxonomy, we aimed to identify and examine all classification ...
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Mind the gaps between patient experiences and their expectations about outcomes

The practice of medicine is often evaluated by its ability to improve health outcomes. For example, the value of a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) might be assessed by the percentage of patients who ...
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Tramadol versus placebo for chronic pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

Objectives The objective of our study was to assess the benefits and harms of tramadol vs placebo in adults with chronic pain. Design The research method was a systematic review of randomised clinical ...
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AI-driven speech biomarkers for disease diagnosis and monitoring: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective This study aims to comprehensively review the literature on the use of speech biomarkers in disease diagnosis and monitoring, focusing on recording protocols, speech tasks, speech features ...
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Understanding of research results, evidence summaries and their applicability—not critical appraisal—are core skills of medical curriculum

Correspondence to Professor Kari A O Tikkinen, Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00290, Finland; kari.tikkinen{at}helsinki.fi To practice high quality healthcare, ...
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Using Risk of Bias 2 to assess results from randomised controlled trials: guidance from Cochrane

Correspondence to Dr Kerry Dwan, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, UK; Kerry.dwan{at}york.ac.uk A systematic review identifies, appraises and synthesises all the ...
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Making sustainable healthcare decisions: three turns towards sustainable guidelines

Correspondence to Dr Sietse Wieringa, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; c.h.s.wieringa{at}medisin.uio.no Over time, an international consensus on ‘best ...
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Use of sedatives and hypnotics, antidepressants and benzodiazepines in older people significantly increases their risk of falls

1 Kuopio Research Centre of Geriatric Care and Unit of Clinical Pharmacology and Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, kuopio Campus, Yliopistonranta 1, P.O.
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Cancer screening attendance rates in transgender and gender-diverse patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives To examine disparities in attendance rates at cancer screening services between transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people in comparison with their cisgender (CG) counterparts, and to ...
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46 Measuring prevalence and trends in low-value care using German claims data – first results of the IndiQ-project

1 Department of Health Care Management, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Atlas, Central Research Institute for Ambulatory Health Care in the ...