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Integrating Bodies of Evidence: Existing Systematic Reviews and Primary Studies

Karen A Robinson  1 , Roger Chou  2 , Nancy D Berkman  3 , Sydne J Newberry  4 , Rongwei Fu  5 , Lisa Hartling  6 , Donna Dryden  6 , Mary Butler  7 , Michelle Foisy  6 , Johanna Anderson  5 , Makalapua Motu'apuaka  5 , Rose Relevo  5 , Jeanne-Marie Guise  5 , Stephanie Chang  8
In: Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008.
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Integrating Bodies of Evidence: Existing Systematic Reviews and Primary Studies

Karen A Robinson et al.
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In 2008, recognizing the exponential growth in the number of systematic reviews being published, the need to update existing reviews, and the increasing time and money constraints, a group of researchers across the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) program developed preliminary guidance on the appropriate role of existing reviews in developing new reviews on related topics. This work identified a series of issues to consider and developed guidance to address some of these issues, which subsequently became codified as a chapter in the AHRQ EPC Program Methods Guide.

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