A nice try that fails: the Swedish council on technology assessment in health care (SBU) evaluation of the effect of treatment of alcohol and drug problems: the epidemiologist's view.

摘要

- Background and Aims: The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU) has recently published a large, >800-page systematic review. It reviews brief interventions to reduce alcohol intake, long-term prognosis of substance dependence, obstetric questions and economic aspects of addiction treatments. The main part aims to evaluate treatments on alcohol and other addictive substances by meta-analytical techniques. Results and Conclusions: The report summarizes 641 individual studies. Unfortunately, several methods are weak, some inadequately documented, and many conclusions rest on shaky grounds.