Equity in evidence synthesis: You can't play on broken strings

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
• ² Bruyere Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
• ³ School of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
• ⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
• ⁵ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Ottawa Ontario Canada.
• ⁶ Faculty of Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
• ⁷ Health Services Research Unit University of Aberdeen Aberdeen UK.
• ⁸ Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Center McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
• ⁹ Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
• ¹⁰ Department of Health Services Research and Policy LSHTM London UK.
• ¹¹ School of Nursing and Midfwifery University of Galway Galway Ireland.
• ¹² Evidence Synthesis Ireland & Cochrane University of Galway Galway Ireland.
• ¹³ RTI International Durham North Carolina USA.
• ¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada.
• ¹⁵ Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Ontario Canada.
• ¹⁶ Centre for Development of Best Practices in Health (CDBPH), Yaoundé Central Hospital Yaoundé Cameroon.
• ¹⁷ Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health Stellenbosch University Cape Town South Africa.
• ¹⁸ Research Chair in Family Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada.
• ¹⁹ School of Psychology University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
• ²⁰ Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
• ²¹ School of Health and Human Performance, Center for Health and Social Issues, Georgia College Milledgeville Georgia USA.
• ²² Texas Christian University Fort Worth Texas USA.
• ²³ Cochrane US Network Portalnd Oregon USA.
• ²⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bruyère Research Institute University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
• ²⁵ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program Ottawa Ontario Canada.