background: image-guided radiotherapy used multiple imaging during the radiation therapy course to improve the precision and accuracy of health care provider's treatment. objectives: this study aims to assess the safety, effectiveness and economic aspects of image-guided radiation therapy for decision-making about this technology in iran. methods: in this study, the most important medical datab...

Background Active-control randomised trials are typically conducted to evaluate the benefit of a novel intervention relative to an established treatment. The appropriate design, analysis and conclusions depend upon whether the novel intervention is anticipated to be superior or non-inferior on the primary outcome measure. But despite their widespread application, active-control studies are ofte...

The briefing paper is written by members of the Institute’s Decision Support Unit. It is intended to provide a brief summary of the issues that are proposed for discussion at a workshop to inform an update to the Institute’s Guide to Methods of Technology Appraisal. It is not intended to reflect a comprehensive or systematic review of the literature. The views presented in this paper are those ...

Objective To investigate the literature for evidence that workplace based assessment affects doctors’ education

Correction After the publication of this work [1], we became aware that two of the twelve studies included in the review [refs 25 and 30] were erroneously described as not having presented outcomes by randomisation (ie those randomised to screening vs those randomised not to be screened). Instead they were described as having presented outcomes according to those who were randomised and who att...

that the study failed to meet the above mentioned selection criteria. When an article could not be rejected with certainty based on the title or abstract, the full text paper was retrieved for further evaluation. Any ambiguities regarding the application of the selection criteria were resolved the full text paper was retrieved for further evaluation. Any ambiguities regarding the application of...

Study designs and other criteria for inclusion in the review A systematic review of the literature does not appear to have been undertaken. The authors reported the design of two of the primary studies that were used as the main sources of evidence. One was a retrospective cohort of 382 women recruited at 3 hospitals in the region of Mwanza. The other was a prospective cohort of ANC attendees w...