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This category contains 13 sites:

• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Official centre for EBM. Based at Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford. Information, statistics, teaching materials and discussion.
• Critical Appraisal Skills Program - Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford. Online guide to the right questions to ask when evaluating evidence about effective health care. Also workshops and distance learning courses.
• Development and Evaluation Committee - The DEC provided information about the cost-effectiveness of health care technologies to commissioners of health care in the South West and South East NHS Regions. Over 100 reports available on the site.
• Effective Health Care bulletins - A bi-monthly bulletin which examines the effectiveness of a variety of health care interventions. Based on systematic review. Full text available online.
• Effectiveness Matters - A bulletin providing updates on the effectiveness of health interventions. Subscribe to the paper version(free) or view the full text published articles online.
• Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales - Excellent collection of evidence based information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a number of common serious health problems.
• Lothian Evidence-based Mental Health - Part of the University of Edinburgh and Lothian Primary Healthcare Trust. Provides tools for assessing evidence and some critical appraisal topics.
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence - Special Health Authority with the task of systematically appraising health interventions and producing national guidance on effectiveness. Full details of evidence and appraisal process are supplied.
• Netting the Evidence - Guide to resources for evidence based medicine on the Internet. Assembled by Andrew Booth of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield.
• NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Established to provide the NHS with information on the effectiveness of treatments and the delivery and organisation of health care. Provides systematic reviews on selected topics and a dissemination service.
• Oxford Pain Internet Site - Systematic reviews of pain management. Excellent knowledge base and examples of evidence based medicine.
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN is the official body which develops and publishes evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for use by the health service in Scotland.
• Trent Working Group on Acute Purchasing - Reviews the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of clinical interventions. Guidance notes for purchasers are available. Summaries of 26 reports available online.