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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2019

Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare: evidence for action on too much medicine.

Minna Johansson, Lisa Bero, Xavier Bonfill, Matteo Bruschettini, Sarah Garner, Claire Glenton, Russell Harris, Karsten Juhl Jørgensen, Wendy Levinson, Tamara Lotfi and 6 more

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Withdrawal of antihypertensive drugs in older people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  2. Withdrawal of antihypertensive drugs in older people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  9. Making wise choices about low-value health care in the COVID-19 pandemic.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Minna JohanssonCochrane Sweden, Cochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Sweden.
Lisa BeroUniversity of Sydney, Cochrane Public Health and Health Systems, Australia.
Xavier BonfillUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cochrane Iberoamérica, Spain.
Matteo BruschettiniLund University, Cochrane Sweden, Sweden.
Sarah GarnerWorld Health Organization, Denmark.
Claire GlentonNorwegian Institute of Public Health, Cochrane Norway, Norway.
Russell HarrisUniversity of North Carolina, USA.
Karsten Juhl JørgensenCochrane Nordic, Denmark.
Wendy LevinsonChoosing Wisely International, Canada.
Tamara LotfiAmerican University of Beirut, Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative, Lebanon.
Victor MontoriMayo Clinic, USA.
Dina Muscat MengCochrane Sustainable Healthcare, Denmark.
Holger SchünemannMcMaster University, Cochrane Canada, Canada.
António Vaz CarneiroUniversity of Lisbon, Cochrane Portugal, Choosing Wisely Portugal, Portugal.
Steven WoloshinThe Dartmouth Institute, USA.
Ray MoynihanBond University, Australia.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Health Care CostsMedical OveruseDelivery of Health CareEvidence-Based MedicineHumansEvidence synthesisKnowledge translationPublic health

Identifiers

PMID31808554
PMCPMC10284095

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.