Comparison of two independent systematic reviews of trials of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2): the Yale Open Data Access Medtronic Project.

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Published in Syst Rev on February 15, 2017

Authors

Jeffrey Low1, Joseph S Ross2,3,4,5, Jessica D Ritchie2, Cary P Gross3,4, Richard Lehman6, Haiqun Lin2,7, Rongwei Fu8, Lesley A Stewart9, Harlan M Krumholz10,11,12,13

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
2: Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1 Church Street, Suite 200, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
3: Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208093, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
4: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, P.O. Box 208088, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
5: Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, P.O. Box 208034, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
6: Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford University, 33 St Ebbes Street, Oxford, OX1 1PU, UK.
7: Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, P.O. Box 208034, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
8: Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239-3098, USA.
9: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
10: Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1 Church Street, Suite 200, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. harlan.krumholz@yale.edu.
11: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, P.O. Box 208088, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. harlan.krumholz@yale.edu.
12: Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, P.O. Box 208034, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA. harlan.krumholz@yale.edu.
13: Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208093, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. harlan.krumholz@yale.edu.

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