Nature and reporting characteristics of UK health technology assessment systematic reviews.

Published in: BMC medical research methodology (2018)

UK HTA systematic reviews are often produced within a specific policy-making context. This context has implications for timelines, tools and resources. However, UK HTA systematic reviews still tend to present standards of conduct and reporting equivalent to "gold standard" Cochrane reviews and superior to systematic reviews more generally.

Keyphrases

systematic review
meta analyses
public health
healthcare
cross sectional
mental health
randomized controlled trial
adverse drug
emergency department
risk assessment
health promotion