Identifying, documenting, and examining heterogeneity in systematic reviews of complex interventions

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1244-1250

  Pigott, Terri ^a   Shepperd, Sasha ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Heterogeneity; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROL GROUP; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT PLANNING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

COMPLEX INTERVENTIONS; HETEROGENEITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84885021879     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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