Kalipso Chalkidou
Imperial College London
185 Papers
608 Citations
Kalipso Chalkidou is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Health technology. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 166 publications. Previous affiliations of Kalipso Chalkidou include National Institute for Health and Care Excellence & Johns Hopkins University.
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A pragmatic–explanatory continuum indicator summary (PRECIS): a tool to help trial designers
Kevin E. Thorpe,Merrick Zwarenstein,Andrew D Oxman,Shaun Treweek,Curt D. Furberg,Douglas G. Altman test,Sean Tunis,Eduardo Bergel,Ian Harvey,David J. Magid,Kalipso Chalkidou +10 more
TL;DR: A tool to assist trialists in making design decisions that are consistent with their trial's stated purpose is proposed, with 10 key domains and which identifies criteria to help researchers determine how pragmatic or explanatory their trial is.
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Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world
Shannon Brownlee,Kalipso Chalkidou,Jenny Doust,Adam G Elshaug,Paul Glasziou,Iona Heath,Somil Nagpal,Vikas Saini,Divya Srivastava,Kelsey Chalmers,Deborah Korenstein +10 more
TL;DR: Overuse of unneeded services can harm patients physically and psychologically, and can harm health systems by wasting resources and deflecting investments in both public health and social spending, which is known to contribute to health.
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NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4
James E. Bennett,Gretchen A Stevens,Colin Mathers,Ruth Bonita,Jürgen Rehm,Margaret E Kruk,Leanne M. Riley,Katie Dain,Andre P Kengne,Andre P Kengne,Kalipso Chalkidou,Jessica Beagley,Sandeep P. Kishore,Wanqing Chen,Shekhar Saxena,Douglas Bettcher,John Grove,Robert Beaglehole,Majid Ezzati +18 more
TL;DR: The third UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) on Sept 27, 2018, will review national and global progress towards the prevention and control of NCDs, and provide an opportunity to renew, reinforce, and enhance commitments to reduce their burden.
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How to formulate research recommendations.
Polly Brown,Klara Brunnhuber,Kalipso Chalkidou,Iain Chalmers,Mike Clarke,Mark Fenton,Carol Forbes,Julie Glanville,Nicholas J Hicks,Janet Moody,Sara Twaddle,Hazim Timimi,Pamela Young +12 more
TL;DR: “More research is needed” is a conclusion that fits most systematic reviews, but authors need to be more specific about what exactly is required.