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Methodology Protocol

How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions

  1. Vivian Welch1,
  2. Peter Tugwell1,
  3. George A Wells2,
  4. Betsy Kristjansson3,
  5. Mark Petticrew4,
  6. Jessie L McGowan5,
  7. Joanne de Montigny6,
  8. Maria Benkhalti7,
  9. Erin Ueffing1

Editorial Group: Cochrane Methodology Review Group

Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000028

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  1. 1

    University of Ottawa, Centre for Global Health, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2

    University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Cardiovascular Research Reference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  3. 3

    University of Ottawa, School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  4. 4

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London, UK

  5. 5

    University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health/Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  6. 6

    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  7. 7

    University of Ottawa, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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  1. Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

 We aim to describe and assess the effects of using different methods to assess health inequalities in empiric research studies of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of interventions.

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