Meta-analytic methods for pooling rates when follow-up duration varies: A case study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Guevara, James P ^a   Berlin, Jesse A ^a   Wolf, Fredric M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CARE; UTILIZATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 4844226835     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-4-17     Document Type: Article

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