Improving the Synthesis of Medical Research: The Evidence Synthesis Taxonomy Initiative

对个人或社会的健康作出决定的人需要可靠的信息来支持这些决定，无论是关于战略的有效性、疾病的负担、医学调查的准确性还是人口的偏好和价值观。为了产生可信的证据，我们需要整理和综合所有可用的信息。这项工作将提高证据合成背后的科学和证据合成的质量。

People who make decisions regarding the health of individuals or a society need trustworthy information to support these decisions, whether they be about the effectiveness of a strategy, the burden of a disease, the accuracy of a medical investigation or the preferences and values of a population. To produce trustworthy evidence, we need to collate and synthesise all of the information available. This work will improve the science behind evidence synthesis and the quality of evidence synthesis.