Pooling systematic reviews of systematic reviews: A Bayesian panoramic meta-analysis

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-216

  Hemming, Karla ^a   Bowater, Russell James ^b   Lilford, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Panoramic meta analysis; Random effects models; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTERIES; BAYES THEOREM; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84855963764     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.4372     Document Type: Article

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