Defining Rapid Reviews: a systematic scoping review and thematic analysis of definitions and defining characteristics of rapid reviews

Rapid reviews were first mentioned in the literature in 1997, when Best et al. described the rapid health technology assessment program in the south and west regions of England but did not provide a formal definition. More recently, the only consensus around a rapid review definition is that a formal definition does not exist. The primary aim of this work is to create a repository of existing definitions and to identify key themes, which may help the knowledge synthesis community in defining rapid review products.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - October 6, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Candyce Hamel, Alan Michaud, Micere Thuku, Becky Skidmore, Adrienne Stevens, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit, Chantelle Garritty Tags: Review Source Type: research