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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 416-418, 2002
© 2002 Medical Council on Alcohol

INVITED COMMENTARY

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

Kari Poikolainen

Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, PO Box 220, FIN-00531 Helsinki, Finland

Received 6 December 2001; in revised form 22 April 2002; )

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— 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.


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