Living Systematic Reviews: An Emerging Opportunity to Narrow the Evidence-Practice Gap

Julian Elliott and colleagues discuss how the current inability to keep systematic reviews up-to-date hampers the translation of knowledge into action. They propose living systematic reviews as a contribution to evidence synthesis to enhance the accuracy and utility of health evidence.

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