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Compiled by Dr. Edward J Mullen,
Willma & Albert Musher Chair Professor for Life Betterment through
Science & Technology, Columbia University in the City of New York
Campbell Collaboration (C2)
http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/
The international Campbell
Collaboration (C2) is a non-profit organization that aims to help people
make well-informed decisions about the effects of interventions in the
social, behavioral and educational arenas. C2's objectives are to
prepare, maintain and disseminate systematic reviews of studies of
interventions. C2 acquires and promotes access to information about
trials of interventions. C2 builds summaries and electronic brochures of
reviews and reports of trials for policy makers, practitioners,
researchers and the public.
C2-RIPE (http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/Fralibrary.html
) will contain systematic reviews that are produced by
collaborators, and provide synopses, criticisms and comments on the
review (if any). The synopses and reviews will be written for a broad
audience such as researchers, policymakers, practitioners and the
public. The reviews are of studies in education, social welfare, and
crime & justice.
Canadian Cochrane Network and
Centre (CCN/C)
http://cochrane.mcmaster.ca/
Centre for Clinical Effectiveness, Monash Institute of Public Health
www.med.monash.edu.au/healthservices/cce
(follow links to "Evidence Reports")
Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination (CRD)
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/
The Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination (CRD) was established in January 1994 to provide the
United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) with important information
on the effectiveness of treatments and the delivery and organisation of
health care. CRD, by offering rigorous and systematic reviews on
selected topics, a database of good quality reviews, a dissemination
service and an information service, helps to promote research based
practice in the NHS. Within the NHS R&D programme, CRD is a sibling
organisation of the UK Cochrane Centre. The UK Cochrane Centre is part
of an international network, the Cochrane Collaboration, committed to
preparing, maintaining and disseminating systematic reviews of research
on the effects of health care. CRD plays an important role in
disseminating the contents of Cochrane reviews to the NHS.
Cochrane Collaboration
http://www.cochrane.org/
Preparing, maintaining and promoting
the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care
interventions. The Cochrane Collaboration focuses on preparing,
maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the
effects of health care interventions. Abstracts of systematic reviews
are available to the general public on the web site. The Cochrane
Library of Systematic Reviews is available to those individuals and
institutions paying a subscription fee (Columbia University provides
free access to students and faculty).
DARE
http://agatha.york.ac.uk/darehp.htm
The UK National Health Service Centre
for Reviews and Dissemination
located at the University of York, England provides this Database of
Abstracts of Reviews of Effects.
National Coordinating Centre for
Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA)
www.ncchta.org
(follow links to "Publications")
National Health Services Centre for
Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD)
www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/welcome.htm
Swedish Council on Technology
Assessment in Health Care (SBU)
www.sbu.se
SBU shall promote the rational
utilization of health care resources. Toward this end, SBU shall assess
the clinical, economic, social, and ethical implications of both new and
established medical technologies in Sweden. SBU, assisted by external
experts, shall review and synthesize data on selected medical
technologies. These assessments shall be disseminated at the central,
local, and clinical levels to help make decisions which promote the
efficient delivery of high quality care throughout Sweden. SBU
assessments of medical technologies shall present scientific information
and findings in clear and common terms to health service providers and
other parties. SBU shall document how assessment information is applied
and its influence on the healthcare system. SBU shall monitor national
and international studies and their outcomes, and shall serve as a
national and international contact point in matters relating to medical
technology assessment.
*Descriptions of
web sites are either direct quotes or adaptations from those provided on
the respective sites.
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