The Nordic Cochrane Centre is a regional centre contributing to evidence-based decision making in healthcare by producing high-quality independent research and systematic reviews that are free from commercial sponsorship. The main aim of our research is to find out whether interventions in healthcare provide meaningful benefits to people that exceed their harms. Most of our research concerns randomised trials and meta-analyses of trials, but we also conduct and evaluate observational studies and qualitative studies, and we contribute to improving the methods used in clinical research.Currently, our main research areas are:- Cochrane reviews- Bias in clinical trials and observational research- Bias in information to the public- How to access, extract and use raw data in reviews- Guidelines for good reporting of research- National clinical guidelines- Minimally relevant clinical difference- Screening- Psychiatric drugsThe Centre is hosted by Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. There are associate centres in Finland, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden.