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Table 2 Available guidance/comment on the use of existing systematic reviews

From: Integration of existing systematic reviews into new reviews: identification of guidance needs

 

Guidance areas

        
 

Locating and defining appropriate use

Assessing relevance

Assessing review quality

Determining use: Scanning references

Determining use: Search strategy

Determining use: Risk of bias assessment

Determining use: Data abstraction

Determining use: Synthesis

Methods/Results reporting

AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program (EPC program)

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 Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews[2]

 Reporting the Findings of Updated Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness[6]

        

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Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH)

         

 Guidelines for Authors of CADTH Health Technology Assessment Reports[7]

Cochrane Collaboration

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 Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions[8]

Danish Centre for Health Technology Assessment (DACEHTA)

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 Health Technology Assessment Handbook[9]

European Collaboration for Health Technology Assessment (ECHTA)

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 Best Practice in Undertaking and Reporting Health Technology Assessments[10]

Health Technology Assessment International

         

Institute of Medicine

         

 Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews[11]

Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG)

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 General Methods[12]

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

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 The Guidelines Manual, Draft for Consultation[13]

York Centre for Reviews and Dissemination: Systematic Reviews (CRD)

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 CRD’s Guidance for Undertaking Reviews in Healthcare[14]