In three databases the previous charges are dropped. Only full texts from Cochrane Library - CDSR (Cochrane Reviews) are dearer due to increased producer license fees.

From October free of host charges:

• Cochrane Library - Central (Bibliography of controlled clinical trials)
• NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED, bibliographic details and evaluation of economic studies in health care)
• NHS-CRD-DARE (structured summaries from systematic reviews): Full texts which previously had to be paid for are also available free of charge as abstracts directly in the database document.

The databases Cochrane Library - CDSR and NHS-CRD-HTA (INAHTA) were already free of charge.

The database producer has increased the prices for full texts of Cochrane Library - CDSR (reviews of all relevant studies to a therapeutic topic). They are available in improved format as PDF files and cost inclusive of VAT 23.92 € instead of previously around 6 €. Search and output of database documents inclusive of abstracts remain however free of charge.

The new prices apply from 1 October 2010 for Premium Users and customers without a license agreement.