Systematic reviews and chronic diseases
Systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials provide an evidence
base for treatment but too often fail to give adequate information on
long term outcomes, which are important for people with chronic
diseases. Elphick and colleagues (p 381) discuss the limitations of
systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials for patients with
chronic diseases and maintain that long term observational studies have
a place in evaluating the benefits and risks of treatment.
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