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  • Cochrane Collaboration - Systematic reviews of the effects of health care. The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organisation that aims to help people make well-informed decisions about healthcare by preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions. It is a not-for-profit organisation.

  • Free Cochrane Collaboration Library Access for Australians - In October 2002, the Australian Government provided funding through the National Institute of Clinical Studies to provide free access for all Australians with internet access to the Cochrane Collaboration Library. Click the following link to use this service: http://www.nicsl.com.au/cochrane/ (click "Log on anonymously" if accessing the service from Australia [via an Australian ISP]).

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - "AHRQ"; US Government. AHRQ is the agency in the Federal Government in the United States that is the lead agency that is responsible for research on the health care system. On how the health care system is working. On the quality. On the costs. On access. On use of services. And on health care outcomes.
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse - US Government Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. Comprehensive searchable database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the (US Government) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR]), in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP).
  • Health on the Net Foundation - Health On the Net Foundation is the leading organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
  • Netting the Evidence - Netting the Evidence is intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by providing support and access to helpful organisations and useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals. This site contains good links to other sites and is a marvellous guide for those wishing to learn about medical evidence, study design, biostatistics and epidemiology.




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