Healthcare Economist March 26, 2023
That is the finding from a study by Jia et al. (2023) published last week. The authors find that:
Among 4003 eligible RCTs [randomized controlled trials], 1241 studies (31.0%) cited Cochrane reviews, 1698 studies (42.4%) cited prior non-Cochrane reviews, and 2265 studies (56.6%) cited either type of systematic review or both; 1738 RCTs (43.4%) cited no systematic reviews…the percentage of RCTs citing systematic reviews increased from 35.5% in 2007 to 2008 to 71.8% since 2020, with an annual rate of increase of 3.0%. RCTs with 100 participants or more,...
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