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Rapid reviews for rapid decision-making during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Norway, 2020

Atle Fretheim¹, Kjetil G Brurberg¹, Frode Forland¹

¹Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.

Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin

|May 21, 2020

Abstract:

In response to urgent needs for updated evidence for decision-making on various aspects related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Norwegian Institute of Public Health established a rapid review team. Using simplified processes and shortcuts, this team produces summary reviews on request within 1-3 days that inform advice provided by the institute. All reviews are published with explicit messages about the risk of overlooking key evidence or making misguided judgements by using such rapid processes.

Keywords:

Covid-19 decision support rapid evidence synthesis systematic reviews

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