The reporting characteristics and methodological quality of Cochrane reviews about health policy research

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 503-510

  Xiu Xia, Li ^a   Ya, Zheng ^a   Yao Long, Chen ^a   Ke Hu, Yang ^a   Zong Jiu, Zhang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cochrane reviews; Descriptive characteristics; Epidemiological characteristics; Health policy research; Methodological quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARDS;

HEALTH POLICY; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84925304386     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.09.002     Document Type: Review

References (31)

1. Niessen L.W., Grijseels E.W., Rutten F.F. The evidence-based approach in health policy and health care delivery. Social Science & Medicine 2000, 51(September (6)):859-869.
2. Guidelines for WHO guidelines Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy 2003, Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/68925/1/EIP_GPE_EQC_2003_1.pdf.
3. First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR) 2010, Available from: http://healthsystemsresearch.org/hsr 2010/.
4. Huw T.O., Davies S.M.N., Peter C., Smith What works? Evidence-based policy and practice in public services 2000, The Policy Press, UK.
5. Lavis J.N., Posada F.B., Haines A., Osei E. Use of research to inform public policymaking. Lancet 2004, 364(October-November (9445)):1615-1621.
6. Lavis J.N., Davies H.T., Gruen R.L., Walshe K., Farqubar C.M. Working within and beyond the Cochrane Collaboration to make systematic reviews more useful to healthcare managers and policy makers. Health Policy 2006, 1(January (2)):21-33.
7. Gruen R.L., Morris P.S., McDonald E.L., Bailie R.S. Making systematic reviews more useful for policy-makers. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2005, 83(June (6)):480.
8. Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention: global policy recommendations 2010, World Health Organization, Geneva, Available from: http://www.who.int/hrh/retention/guidelines/en/.
9. Cochrane Reviews. The Cochrane Collaboration. Available from: http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane-reviews.
10. About The Cochrane Library. The Cochrane Collaboration. Available from: http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane-reviews/about-cochrane-library.
11. Shea B.J., Grimshaw J.M., Wells G.A., Boers M., Andersson N., Hamel C., et al. Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2007, 7:10.
12. Shea B.J., Bouter L.M., Peterson J., Boers M., Andersson N., Ortiz Z., et al. External validation of a measurement tool to assess systematic reviews (AMSTAR). PLoS ONE 2007, 2(12):e1350.
13. Shea B.J., Hamel C., Wells G.A., Bouter L.M., Kristjansson E., Grimshaw J., et al. AMSTAR is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2009, 62(October (10)):1013-1020.
14. Kung J., Chiappelli F., Cajulis O.O., Avezova R., Kossan G., Chew L., et al. From systematic reviews to clinical recommendations for evidence-based health care: validation of revised assessment of multiple systematic reviews (R-AMSTAR) for grading of clinical relevance. Open Dentistry Journal 2010, 4:84-91.
15. Bessa-Nogueira R.V., Vasconcelos B.C., Niederman R. The methodological quality of systematic reviews comparing temporomandibular joint disorder surgical and non-surgical treatment. BMC Oral Health 2008, 8:27.
16. Moat K.A., Lavis J.N., Wilson M.G., Rottingen J.A., Barnighausen T. Twelve myths about systematic reviews for health system policymaking rebutted. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2013, 18(January (1)):44-50.
17. Tarsilla M. Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions. Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation 2010, 6(14):142-148.
18. Allen C., Richmond K. The Cochrane Collaboration: international activity within Cochrane Review Groups in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine 2011, 4(February (1)):2-7.
19. Alma Ata Declaration 1978, World Health Organization, Geneva. WHO (Ed.).
20. United Nations Millennium Declaration 2000, United Nations The General Assembly. U Nations (Ed.).
21. Moher D., Tetzlaff J., Tricco A.C., Sampson M., Altman D.G. Epidemiology and reporting characteristics of systematic reviews. PLoS Medicine 2007, 4(March (3)):e78.
22. Moher D., Tsertsvadze A. Systematic reviews: when is an update an update?. Lancet 2006, 367(March (9514)):881-883.
23. Rockers P.C., Feigl A.B., Røttingen J.-A., Fretheim A., Ferranti D., Lavis J.N., et al. Study-design selection criteria in systematic reviews of effectiveness of health systems interventions and reforms: a meta-review. Health Policy 2012, 104(3):206-214.
24. Welch V., Tugwell P., Petticrew M., Montigny J., Ueffing E., Kristjansson B., et al. How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, 12:MR000028.
25. Flodgren G., Eccles M.P., Shepperd S., Scott A., Parmelli E., Beyer F.R. An overview of reviews evaluating the effectiveness of financial incentives in changing healthcare professional behaviours and patient outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, 7:CD009255.
26. Ryan R., Santesso N., Hill S., Lowe D., Kaufman C., Grimshaw J. Consumer-oriented interventions for evidence-based prescribing and medicines use: an overview of systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, 5:CD007768.
27. Hannah R., Rothstein A.J.S. Michael Borenstein Publication bias in meta-analysis: prevention, assessment, and adjustments: Wiley.com 2005.
28. Cooper H., Hedges L.V., Valentine J.C. The handbook of research synthesis and meta-analysis 2009, Russell Sage Foundation.
29. Guyatt G.H., Oxman A.D., Montori V., Vist G., Kunz R., Brozek J., et al. GRADE guidelines. 5. Rating the quality of evidence - publication bias. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2011, 64(12):1277-1282.
30. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The Cochrane Library. Available from:. http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/view/0/AboutTheCochraneLibrary.html.
31. Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions 2011, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester.