creators_name: Jones, G creators_name: Cicuttini, F creators_id: Graeme.Jones@utas.edu.au creators_id: type: article datestamp: 2008-07-21 05:36:46 lastmod: 2008-07-21 05:36:46 metadata_visibility: show title: Database research in Australia: time to dredge up some action ispublished: pub full_text_status: restricted note: The original publication is available at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/ abstract: Decisions on whether to use a particular medication for a specific condition are based on several factors. In general, the best evidence comes fromsuitably powered randomized controlled trials and/or meta-analyses if there are multiple trials. However, although these trials provide strong evidence of efficacy, they are often criticized because of several well-recognized limitations. date: 2007 date_type: published publication: Internal Medicine Journal volume: 37 number: 9 pagerange: 587-588 id_number: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01460.x refereed: TRUE issn: 1444-0903 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01460.x citation: Jones, G and Cicuttini, F (2007) Database research in Australia: time to dredge up some action. Internal Medicine Journal, 37 (9). pp. 587-588. ISSN 1444-0903 document_url: http://eprints.utas.edu.au/7121/1/Jones_Internal_Medicine.pdf