Including Non-Randomized Studies

Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions: Cochrane Book Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 389-432

  Reeves, Barnaby C ^a   Deeks, Jonathan J ^b   Higgins, Julian PT ^c,d   Wells, George A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH); National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); Non Randomised Studies Methods Group (NRSMG); Non randomized studies and data synthesis; Non randomized studies and eligibility criteria; NRS assessing risk of bias; NRS identification in searches; Result driven or post hoc justification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890600925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712184.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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