Survey finds that most meta-analysts do not attempt to collect individual patient data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1296-1299

  Kovalchik, Stephanie A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect modification; Individual patient data; Meta analysis; Meta regression; Randomized controlled trial; Subgroup analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; E-MAIL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867852307     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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