Background Health technology assessment (HTA) is a valuable tool for informing the efficient allocation of resources in ...

Objectives To assess whether the gender (primary) and geographical affiliation (post-hoc) of the first and/or last authors are associated with publication decisions after peer review. Design ...

Objectives To identify whether Mendelian randomisation (MR) studies are appropriately conducted and reported in enough detail for other researchers to accurately replicate and interpret them. Design ...

Correspondence to Dr Maja Karolina Bilip, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; maja.bilip{at}doctors.net.uk Emollients are readily available in prescription and ...

Health technology assessment in India in the next decade: reflections on a vision for its path to maturity and impact ...

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth T Thomas, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6HT, UK; ...

Correspondence to Dr Igho J Onakpoya, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; igho.onakpoya{at}phc.ox.ac.uk Although several clinical guidelines ...

Correspondence to Dr Franz Porzsolt, Health Care Research at the Dept General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm 89071, Germany; f.porzsolt{at}gmx.de The description of results in ...

The burden of death due to firearms is an ongoing public health problem in the USA. US men had a 21% life expectancy loss due to firearms compared with men from other countries.1 In 2016, 7.8% of the ...

A network meta-analysis combines the evidence from existing randomised trials about the comparative efficacy of multiple treatments. It allows direct and indirect evidence about each comparison to be ...

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