Objective This study evaluates whether Taiwan’s national oral cancer screening programme, implemented in 1999, has led to a ...

Healthcare delivery is being transformed by the rapid growth of data, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies. In healthcare, obtaining real-world data can be ...

Defining goals of number communications This is a more nuanced and complicated question than most people think it is. ‘Accurate understanding’ is usually defined in the research literature as good ...

Definitions In the biomedical published literature, a case report is the description of the clinical course of one individual, which may include particular exposures, symptoms, signs, interventions or ...

Commentary on: 1. Jackson JL, 2. Shimeall W, 3. Sessums L, 4. et al . Tricyclic antidepressants and headaches: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2010;341:c5222 [OpenUrl][1][Abstract/FREE Full ...

Registration of health and medical research is an effective way of improving the transparency and credibility of evidence. Registration involves pre-specifying the research objectives, design, methods ...

Objectives To investigate which imaging procedures that are identified as low-value imaging and to provide an overview of how large proportion of these procedures that are considered to be of low ...

Changing disease or health risk definitions and labels where there is a case for no or little net benefit and significant harm, has the potential to affect millions of people worldwide. It appears, on ...

Qualitative research has an important place within evidence-based health care (EBHC), contributing to policy on patient safety and quality of care, supporting understanding of the impact of chronic ...

Objectives To map what is known about the environmental impact of health care for musculoskeletal conditions. Method We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Google and Google Scholar from inception to 2 May 2022 ...

### Highlights/key points In clinical fields where several competing treatments are available, network meta-analysis (NMA) has become an established tool to inform evidence-based decisions.1 2 To ...