Meta-analysis and decision analysis bridge research and practice

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-204

  Byers, Jacqueline Fowler ^a   Stullenbarger, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Evidence based practice; Meta analysis; Research synthesis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; NURSING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH;

EID: 0037363031     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945902250037     Document Type: Review

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