Avoidable Waste in the Production and Reporting of Research Evidence

Chalmers et al. (Sat,) studied this question.

www.synapsesocial.com/papers/6a086d91ab15ea61dee8d5f5 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/aog.0b013e3181c3020d

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