The use of rapid review methods in health technology assessments: 3 case studies

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kaltenthaler, Eva ^a   Cooper, Katy ^a   Pandor, Abdullah ^a   Martyn St James, Marrissa ^a   Chatters, Robin ^a   Wong, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health technology assessment; Rapid review methods; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84984653500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0216-1     Document Type: Review

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