[2] SBU's independent assessment are aimed to support all who make decisions in healthcare and social services, from policy to individual treatment.

[1][4][5] It is not deemed possible for a single individual to follow the full body of scientific research and therefore SBU is tasked to sort, critically review and summarize results.

[2] SBU performs systemic reviews and assessments which include analysis of medical, economic, ethical and social aspects of various methods.

[8][9] SBU has released the book "Testing Treatments" by Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton, Paul Glasziou, and Cochrane Collaboration founder Iain Chalmers in a Swedish translation that is freely available.

In general, SBU found the literature to indicate that variation between individuals was too large to allow age to be estimated based on physical traits (i.e. height or stage of puberty).