AHRQ series on complex intervention systematic reviews—paper 4: selecting analytic approaches

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 90, Issue , 2017, Pages 28-36

  Viswanathan, Meera ^a   McPheeters, Melissa L ^b   Murad, M Hassan ^c   Butler, Mary E ^d   Dyson, Michele P ^f   Guise, Jeanne Marie ^g   Kahwati, Leila C ^a   Miles, Jeremy N V ^h   Morton, Sally C ⁱ  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Beth)   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g Oregon Health Science University School of Medicine   (United States)

^h RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex interventions; Evidence based medicine; Qualitative research; Research design; Review literature as topic; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 85025831661     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.06.014     Document Type: Article

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