What is the Cochrane Collaboration?

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The Cochrane Collaboration is a not-for-profit, independent organization

formed in 1993, consisting of more than 11,500 people in over 90

countries. Many of them are health care specialists.

They do rigorous, systematic reviews of high-quality clinical trials on

the use of conventional and alternative treatments for various diseases.

 

Each published review, called a Cochrane review, focuses on evaluating a

single treatment, condition, or research question and tries to evaluate

and interpret all the high-quality research evidence on the topic to

help health professionals and others make informed decisions about

health care.

 

The Cochrane Collaboration website:

http://cochrane.org/index.htm