Meta-Analysis in Clinical Trials*

Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 177 - 188
Published: Sep 1, 1986
Abstract
This paper examines eight published reviews each reporting results from several related trials. Each review pools the results from the relevant trials in order to evaluate the efficacy of a certain treatment for a specified medical condition. These reviews lack consistent assessment of homogeneity of treatment effect before pooling. We discuss a random effects approach to combining evidence from a series of experiments comparing two treatments....
Paper Details
Title
Meta-Analysis in Clinical Trials*
Published Date
Sep 1, 1986
Volume
7
Issue
3
Pages
177 - 188
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