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ArticleInternational journal of population data science2018

Using the RECORD guidelines to improve transparent reporting of studies based on routinely collected data.

K Harron, E Benchimol, S Langan

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Article in International journal of population data science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

K HarronDepartment of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
E BenchimolDepartment of Pediatrics and School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
S LanganDepartment of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation 147388Wellcome Trust 103975Wellcome Trust 205039/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transparent reporting of routinely-collected data studies is key to producing valid and reliable research that can inform decisions about patient care and health systems. This article discusses some of the unique challenges in using these data sources, and explains how the REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected Data (RECORD) guidelines were developed to help researchers and journals to maintain a high level of quality in reporting of healthcare studies using routinely-collected data.

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PMID30542668
PMCPMC6287710

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