The UK Freedom of Information Act (2000) in healthcare research: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the use and utility of the Freedom of Information Act (2000) in healthcare research since 2005 and to determine if any particular feature of studies found led to greater data acquisition.

Design

PRISMA compliant systematic review.

Participants

An extensive literature search was performed of EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL, psychINFO, BNI, AMED, HMIC and Health business elite databases from January 2005 to January 2013 using terms 'Freedom of information', 'Freedom of information act' and 'Freedom of information act 2000'. Papers were considered for publication if they described utilising the UK Freedom of information act to gather data for healthcare research. 16 articles met these criteria.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary outcome wa

SUBMITTER: Fowler AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3845048 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature