Epidemiology and reporting characteristics of overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions published 2012–2016: protocol for a systematic review

Epidemiology and reporting characteristics of overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions published 2012–2016: protocol for a systematic review

Abstract Background Overviews of systematic reviews (overviews) attempt to systematically retrieve and summarize the results of multiple systematic reviews (SRs) for a given condition or public health problem. Two prior descriptive analyses of overviews found substantial variation in the methodologi...

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Main Authors: Dawid Pieper, Michelle Pollock, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Roland Brian Büchter, Lisa Hartling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
Subjects:
Overview of reviews
Umbrella review
Evidence synthesis
Knowledge synthesis
Evidence-based medicine
Review methods
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-017-0468-9

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