[The Nordic Cochrane Center. Status after five years and future perspectives].
The aim of the Cochrane Collaboration is to collect all randomised clinical trials and to perform systematic reviews of the effect of the treatments. The Nordic countries contribute importantly to the Cochrane Collaboration. Two of the international Cochrane Review Groups have Nordic leadership and a third is under establishment. Nordic researchers contribute to the work in all the methods working groups, the aim of which is to improve the methodological quality of Cochrane Reviews. The Nordic Cochrane Centre has coordinated the work in the methods groups and edited the Cochrane Handbook which is a guide to doing Cochrane Reviews. Further, the Centre coordinates the software development within the Collaboration and develops the software program which is used to perform Cochrane Reviews. The greatest challenge facing the Cochrane Collaboration will be to succeed in the transition from enthusiasm to management without losing the values which started it all, and which are still the driving force.
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