Living Systematic Reviews: An Emerging Opportunity to Narrow the Evidence-Practice Gap
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- 31 January 2014
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 11 (2), e1001603
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001603
Abstract
Julian Elliott and colleagues discuss how the current inability to keep systematic reviews up-to-date hampers the translation of knowledge into action. They propose living systematic reviews as a contribution to evidence synthesis to enhance the accuracy and utility of health evidence.Keywords
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