Accessing the Evidence on Clinical Effectiveness
II. Key Effectiveness Resources
A much fuller and updated list can be found at: http://www.nettingtheevidence.org.uk/
- A: Collections of systematic reviews
- B: Overviews of systematic review & other primary evidence evidence
- C: Gateways and indexes to clinical effectiveness resources
- D: Clinical effectiveness resources packaged with other databases/information
- E: Other sources of evaluated research
- F: Search filter collections
- G: How to access the evidence: searching techniques
A. Collections of systematic reviews
(US) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) publications
A series of evidence reports based on thorough reviews of the research evidence. AHRQ have also developed an on-line practice guidelines clearing-house that provides objective summary comparisons of current clinical guidelines.
Details: Evidence report summaries available at http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic and in full text at http://text.nlm.nih.gov/. Guideline clearinghouse available at http://www.guideline.gov/
Best Evidence 4 database
http://www.bmjpg.com/template.cfm?name=specjou_be#best_evidence
The CD-ROM is available from BMJ Publishing, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Effective Health Care Bulletins
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, YO10 5DD
HSTAT (Health Services Technology Assessment Text)
Full-text resource developed and maintained by the National Library of Medicine containing AHRQ evidence reports & guidelines, the U.S. Task Force on Preventive Services' Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, and other related evidence-based publications.
http://text.nlm.nih.gov/
National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment
http://www.ncchta.org/
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
http://www.nice.org.uk/
B. Overviews of systematic review and other primary evidence evidence; evidence-based guidelines
Clinical Evidence
Further information: http://www.clinicalevidence.com/
BMJ Publishing, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR
Effectiveness Matters
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, YO10 5DD
Health Evidence Bulletins Wales
http://hebw.uwcm.ac.uk/
(US) National Guideline Clearinghouse
http://www.guideline.gov/
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
http://www.nice.org.uk/
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
http://www.sign.ac.uk/
C. Gateways and indexes to clinical effectiveness resources
National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH)
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/
Netting the Evidence
http://www.nettingtheevidence.org.uk/
TRIP database
http://www.tripdatabase.com/
D. Clinical effectiveness resources packaged with other databases or information
Ovid Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews
http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/DataBase/904.jsp?top=2&mid=3&bottom=7&subsection=10
Ovid Technologies Ltd., 107 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 0NQD.
SumSEARCH
http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/
E. Other sources of evaluated research
NHS Economic Evaluation Database
Critical assessments of published economic evaluations
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/
F. Search filter collections
http://hebw.uwcm.ac.uk/methodology/appendix2.htm
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/miner/educ/ebnfilt.htm
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/filter.html
G. How to access the evidence: searching techniques
Becoming ADEPT
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/adept/
CASPFew: Finding the evidence
http://www.phru.nhs.uk/casp/finding.htm
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