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Analysis of the time and workers needed to conduct systematic reviews of medical interventions using data from the PROSPERO registry

BMJ Open · 2017 · Vol. 7(2) · pp. e012545–e012545

Rohit Borah(Energetics (United States))Andrew W. Brown(University of Alabama at Birmingham)Patrice L Capers(University of Alabama at Birmingham)Kathryn A. Kaiser✉(University of Alabama at Birmingham)

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Abstract

Systematic reviews presently take much time and require large amounts of human resources. In the light of the ever-increasing volume of published studies, application of existing computing and informatics technology should be applied to decrease this time and resource burden. We discuss recently published guidelines that provide a framework to make finding and accessing relevant literature less burdensome.

Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life scientometrics and bibliometrics researchMedicinePsychological interventionSystematic reviewFamily medicineMEDLINEEnvironmental healthNursing

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WorkforceHumansPublishingRegistriesReview Literature as TopicTask Performance and AnalysisDatabases, BibliographicInformation Storage and RetrievalBiomedical Research