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Comparing traditional and AI-enhanced strategies for developing patient decision aids: a multiple case study

Objectives Our objective was to develop and test prompts designed to generate balanced, evidence-based information from ...
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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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Of studies, syntheses, synopses, and systems: the “4S” evolution of services for finding current best evidence

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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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Medium firm mattresses reduced pain related disability more than firm mattresses in chronic, non-specific low back pain

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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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Special tests for assessing meniscal tears within the knee: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Musculoskeletal knee pain is a large and costly problem, and meniscal tears make up a large proportion of diagnoses. ‘Special tests’ to diagnose torn menisci are often used in the physical ...
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79 The impact of orthodontic treatment regulation in the german public health sector on the overuse of orthodontic services

Objectives The provision of orthodontic (dental) care is part of the German Public Health sector comprising 90% of German population. The current regulations for the provision of orthodontic care in ...
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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 ...
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27 Transforming evidence-based practice with crowdcare: crowdsourcing critical appraisal of research evidence

Objectives Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a dominant paradigm in healthcare that aims to deliver the highest quality patient care. EBP requires clinicians to integrate the best-available, current ...
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