Decisions about lumping vs. splitting of the scope of systematic reviews of complex interventions are not well justified: A case study in systematic reviews of health care professional reminders

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 756-763

  Weir, Michelle C ^a   Grimshaw, Jeremy M ^b,c   Mayhew, Alain ^b   Fergusson, Dean ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Publishing; Reminder systems; Research methodology; Standards; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW LUMPING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW SPLITTING;

EID: 84861648005     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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