Background: Evidence from health services research (HSR) is currently thinly spread
through many journals, making it difficult for health services researchers, managers and …

Background. As the health care economic-evaluation literature continues to grow, a need for
sound methods to conduct systematic reviews of the existing evidence is emerging. So far …

Background: Medical practitioners have unmet information needs. Health care research
dissemination suffers from both “supply” and “demand” problems. One possible solution is to …

Background: Systematic review articles support the advance of science and translation of
research evidence into healthcare practice. Inaccurate retrieval from medline could limit …

BACKGROUND: It is important for clinical end users of MEDLINE to be able to retrieve
articles that are both scientifically sound and directly relevant to clinical practice. The use of …

Systematic searches are integral to identifying the evidence that is used in National Institute
for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) public health guidelines (PHGs). This study analyses …

Background: The growing interest in qualitative research within the evidence based practice
framework highlights the need for accurate search strategies to enhance the retrieval of …

The purpose of this study was to measure the efficiency of simple searches in retrieving
controlled evidence about specific primary health care quality improvement interventions …

Background: The gaining interest in the use of clinical prediction guides as an aid for
helping clinicians make effective front-line decisions, together with the increasing emphasis …

OBJECTIVES: Systematic reviews of the literature are instrumental for bridging research to
health care practice and are widely available through databases such as MEDLINE and …