Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare: evidence for action on too much medicine

Affiliations

¹ Cochrane Sweden, Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Sweden.
² University of Sydney, Cochrane Public Health and Health Systems, Australia.
³ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cochrane Iberoamérica, Spain.
⁴ Lund University, Cochrane Sweden, Sweden.
⁵ World Health Organization, Denmark.
⁶ Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Cochrane Norway, Norway.
⁷ University of North Carolina, USA.
⁸ Cochrane Nordic, Denmark.
⁹ Choosing Wisely International, Canada.
¹⁰ American University of Beirut, Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative, Lebanon.
¹¹ Mayo Clinic, USA.
¹² Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Denmark.
¹³ McMaster University, Cochrane Canada, Canada.
¹⁴ University of Lisbon, Cochrane Portugal, Choosing Wisely Portugal, Portugal.
¹⁵ The Dartmouth Institute, USA.
¹⁶ Bond University, Australia.

Editorial

Minna Johansson et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019.

. 2019 Dec 6;12(12):ED000143.

doi: 10.1002/14651858.ED000143.

¹ Cochrane Sweden, Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Sweden.
² University of Sydney, Cochrane Public Health and Health Systems, Australia.
³ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cochrane Iberoamérica, Spain.
⁴ Lund University, Cochrane Sweden, Sweden.
⁵ World Health Organization, Denmark.
⁶ Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Cochrane Norway, Norway.
⁷ University of North Carolina, USA.
⁸ Cochrane Nordic, Denmark.
⁹ Choosing Wisely International, Canada.
¹⁰ American University of Beirut, Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative, Lebanon.
¹¹ Mayo Clinic, USA.
¹² Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Denmark.
¹³ McMaster University, Cochrane Canada, Canada.
¹⁴ University of Lisbon, Cochrane Portugal, Choosing Wisely Portugal, Portugal.
¹⁵ The Dartmouth Institute, USA.
¹⁶ Bond University, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Evidence synthesis; Knowledge translation; Public health.

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