Wikipedia vs peer-reviewed medical literature for information about the 10 most costly medical conditions

Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedia has become the most popular general reference site on the Internet and a popular source of health care information. To evaluate the accuracy of this resource, the authors compared Wikipedia articles on the most costly medical conditions with standard, evidence-bas...

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Published in:	The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association Vol. 114; no. 5; pp. 368 - 373
Main Authors:	Hasty, Robert T, Garbalosa, Ryan C, Barbato, Vincenzo A, Valdes, Jr, Pedro J, Powers, David W, Hernandez, Emmanuel, John, Jones S, Suciu, Gabriel, Qureshi, Farheen, Popa-Radu, Matei, San Jose, Sergio, Drexler, Nathaniel, Patankar, Rohan, Paz, Jose R, King, Christopher W, Gerber, Hilary N, Valladares, Michael G, Somji, Alyaz A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-05-2014
Subjects:	Bibliometrics Chronic Disease - economics Costs and Cost Analysis Encyclopedias as Topic Humans Internet Peer Review Periodicals as Topic Retrospective Studies United States United States
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