Cochrane (organisation)

Cochrane is a British international charitable organisation formed to synthesize medical research findings to facilitate evidence-based choices about health interventions involving health professionals, patients and policy makers. It includes 53 review groups that are based at research institutions worldwide. Cochrane has approximately 30,000 volunteer experts from around the world.

Cochrane
Pronunciation
  • /kɒkrɪn/
Formation1993 (1993) (as Cochrane Collaboration)
TypeCharity in UK
PurposeIndependent research into data about health care
HeadquartersLondon, England
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
English
Key people
  • Tracey Howe
  • Catherine Marshall
Volunteers
Over 37,000 (2015)
Websitewww.cochrane.org
Formerly called
Cochrane Collaboration

The group conducts systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and diagnostic tests and publishes them in the Cochrane Library. According to the Library, articles are available via one-click access, but some require paid subscription or registration before reading. A few reviews, in occupational health for example, incorporate results from non-randomised observational studies as well as controlled before–after (CBA) studies and interrupted time-series studies.

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