The evidence for his statement "... of 358 questions asked in dermatology only three could be answered by a single systematic review" amounts to a sentence in Jon Bassey's blog (Brassey J. A critique of the Cochrane Collaboration. Trip2013. http://blog.tripdatabase.com/2013/04/a-critique-of-cochrane-collaboratio...) stating the same thing.
I would love to be able to examine Jon's study methods and results a bit deeper.
A priori Jon's conclusions conflict with conclusions from our 2004 study when my lab found that "although few (3%) entries in review databases currently address dermatology topics, entries address many (8/10) of the top 10 dermatology diagnoses. Contrary to popular belief, a substantial number (40%) of such reviews report sufficient evidence to inform clinical decisions making." (http://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(03)00883-1)
Competing interests:
Editor for the Cochrane Skin Group
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Re: The Cochrane Collaboration at 20
Is Richard spouting mince pie once again?
The evidence for his statement "... of 358 questions asked in dermatology only three could be answered by a single systematic review" amounts to a sentence in Jon Bassey's blog (Brassey J. A critique of the Cochrane Collaboration. Trip2013. http://blog.tripdatabase.com/2013/04/a-critique-of-cochrane-collaboratio...) stating the same thing.
I would love to be able to examine Jon's study methods and results a bit deeper.
A priori Jon's conclusions conflict with conclusions from our 2004 study when my lab found that "although few (3%) entries in review databases currently address dermatology topics, entries address many (8/10) of the top 10 dermatology diagnoses. Contrary to popular belief, a substantial number (40%) of such reviews report sufficient evidence to inform clinical decisions making." (http://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(03)00883-1)
Competing interests: Editor for the Cochrane Skin Group