Systematic review of methods for individual patient data meta- analysis with binary outcomes

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Thomas, Doneal ^a   Radji, Sanyath ^c   Benedetti, Andrea ^a,b,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Individual patient data; Meta analysis; One stage; Random effects; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902756973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-79     Document Type: Article

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