Background Health technology assessment (HTA) is a valuable tool for informing the efficient allocation of resources in ...

New government legislation is necessary to ensure full transparency of industry payments in the UK’s healthcare. A first step ...

Correspondence to Dr Preeti Malik, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; pmalik.ma{at}gmail.com Objective To evaluate association between biomarkers and outcomes in ...

Correspondence to Professor John Brodersen, Centre of Research & Education in General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Copenhagen 1014, ...

A network meta-analysis combines the evidence from existing randomised trials about the comparative efficacy of multiple treatments. It allows direct and indirect evidence about each comparison to be ...

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Correspondence to Dr Maja Karolina Bilip, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; maja.bilip{at}doctors.net.uk Emollients are readily available in prescription and ...

The burden of death due to firearms is an ongoing public health problem in the USA. US men had a 21% life expectancy loss due to firearms compared with men from other countries.1 In 2016, 7.8% of the ...

Correspondence to Dr Franz Porzsolt, Health Care Research at the Dept General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm 89071, Germany; f.porzsolt{at}gmx.de The description of results in ...

Correspondence to Dr Igho J Onakpoya, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; igho.onakpoya{at}phc.ox.ac.uk Although several clinical guidelines ...

Objectives To assess whether the gender (primary) and geographical affiliation (post-hoc) of the first and/or last authors are associated with publication decisions after peer review. Design ...