Comparison of evidence of treatment effects in randomized and nonrandomized studies

JAMA

Volumn 286, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 821-830

  Ioannidis, John P A ^a,e   Haidich, Anna Bettina ^a   Pappa, Maroudia ^b   Pantazis, Nikos ^b   Kokori, Styliani I ^c   Tektonidou, Maria G ^c   Contopoulos Ioannidis, Despina G ^a,d   Lau, Joseph ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035880296     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.7.821     Document Type: Review

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