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The Cochrane Collaboration is a group of over 15,000 volunteers in more than 90 countries who apply a rigorous, systematic process to review the effects of health care interventions tested in biomedical randomized controlled trial
Randomized controlled trial

A randomized controlled trial is a type of scientific experiment most commonly used in testing the efficacy or effectiveness of healthcare Service or health technologies ....
s. A few more recent reviews have also studied the results of non-randomized, observational studies
Observational study

In statistics, an observational study draws inferences about the effect of a treatment on subjects, where the assignment of subjects into a treated group versus a control group is outside the control of the investigator....
. The results of these systematic review
Systematic review

A systematic review is a literature review focused on a single question that tries to identify, appraise, select and synthesize all high quality research evidence relevant to that question....
s are published as "Cochrane Reviews" in the Cochrane Library
Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases in medicine and other healthcare specialties provided by the Cochrane Collaboration and other organisations....
.

Cochrane Collaboration was founded in 1993 under the leadership of Iain Chalmers
Iain Chalmers

Sir Iain Chalmers is a health services researcher, one of the founders of the Cochrane Collaboration, and Editor of the .He qualified in medicine in the mid 1960s, and then practised as a clinician for seven years in the UK and the Gaza Strip....
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The Cochrane Collaboration is a group of over 15,000 volunteers in more than 90 countries who apply a rigorous, systematic process to review the effects of health care interventions tested in biomedical randomized controlled trial
Randomized controlled trial

A randomized controlled trial is a type of scientific experiment most commonly used in testing the efficacy or effectiveness of healthcare Service or health technologies ....
s. A few more recent reviews have also studied the results of non-randomized, observational studies
Observational study

In statistics, an observational study draws inferences about the effect of a treatment on subjects, where the assignment of subjects into a treated group versus a control group is outside the control of the investigator....
. The results of these systematic review
Systematic review

A systematic review is a literature review focused on a single question that tries to identify, appraise, select and synthesize all high quality research evidence relevant to that question....
s are published as "Cochrane Reviews" in the Cochrane Library
Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases in medicine and other healthcare specialties provided by the Cochrane Collaboration and other organisations....
.

History

The Cochrane Collaboration was founded in 1993 under the leadership of Iain Chalmers
Iain Chalmers

Sir Iain Chalmers is a health services researcher, one of the founders of the Cochrane Collaboration, and Editor of the .He qualified in medicine in the mid 1960s, and then practised as a clinician for seven years in the UK and the Gaza Strip....
. It was developed in response to Archie Cochrane
Archie Cochrane

Professor Archie Cochrane was born in Kirklands, Galashiels, Scotland. He qualified in 1938 at University College Hospital, London, at University College London and joined the Medical Research Council 's Pneumoconiosis Unit at Llandough Hospital, a part of Cardiff University School of Medicine in 1948....
's call for up-to-date, systematic reviews of all relevant randomized controlled trials of health care. Cochrane's suggestion that the methods used to prepare and maintain reviews of controlled trials in pregnancy and childbirth should be applied more widely was taken up by the Research and Development Programme, initiated to support the United Kingdom's National Health Service
National Health Service

The National Health Service is the name commonly used to refer to the four publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, collectively or individually, although only the health service in England uses the name 'National Health Service' without further qualification....
. Funds were provided to establish a 'Cochrane Centre', to collaborate with others, in the UK and elsewhere, to facilitate systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials across all areas of health care.

Goal and principles

The goal of the collaboration is to help people make well informed decisions about health care by preparing, maintaining and ensuring the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care interventions. The principles of the Cochrane Collaboration are:
  • collaboration
  • building on the enthusiasm of individuals
  • avoiding duplication
  • minimizing bias
  • keeping up to date
  • striving for relevance
  • promoting access
  • ensuring quality
  • continuity
  • enabling wide participation


See also

  • Evidence-based medicine
    Evidence-based medicine

    Evidence-based medicine aims to apply evidence gained from the scientific method to certain parts of medical practice. It seeks to assess the quality of evidence relevant to the risks and benefits of therapy ....
  • Cochrane Library
    Cochrane Library

    The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases in medicine and other healthcare specialties provided by the Cochrane Collaboration and other organisations....
  • Systematic review
    Systematic review

    A systematic review is a literature review focused on a single question that tries to identify, appraise, select and synthesize all high quality research evidence relevant to that question....


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