Meta-Analysis in Medicine and Health Policy
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Meta-Analysis in Medicine and Health Policy

  1. 414 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Meta-Analysis in Medicine and Health Policy

About this book

This remarkable text raises the analysis of data in health sciences and policy to new heights of refinement and applicability by introducing cutting-edge meta-analysis strategies while reviewing more commonly used techniques. Each chapter builds on sound principles, develops methodologies to solve statistical problems, and presents concrete applications used by experienced medical practitioners and health policymakers. Written by more than 30 celebrated international experts, Meta-Analysis in Medicine and Health Policy employs copious examples and pictorial presentations to teach and reinforce biostatistical techniques more effectively and poses numerous open questions of medical and health policy research.

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Yes, you can access Meta-Analysis in Medicine and Health Policy by Dalene Stangl, Donald A. Berry, Dalene Stangl,Donald A. Berry in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Matemáticas & Probabilidad y estadística. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2000
Print ISBN
9780824790301
eBook ISBN
9780203909935
Edition
1
Topic
Matemáticas
Subtopic
Probabilidad y estadística

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Series Introduction
  6. Preface
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Contributors
  9. Chapter 1: Meta-analysis: Past and Present Challenges
  10. Chapter 2: Meta-analysis of Heterogeneously Reported Study Results: A Bayesian Approach
  11. Chapter 3: Meta-analysis versus large Trials: Resolving the Controversy
  12. Chapter 4: A Bayesian Meta-analysis of Randomized Mega-trials for the Choice of Thrombolytic Agents in Acute Myocardial Infarction
  13. Chapter 5: Combining Studies with Continuous and Dichotomous Responses: A Latent-Variables Approach
  14. Chapter 6: Computer-modeling and Graphical Strategies for Meta-analysis
  15. Chapter 7: Meta-analysis for 2 x 2 Tables with Multiple Treatment Groups
  16. Chapter 8: A Bayesian Meta-analysis of the Relationship between Duration of Estrogen Exposure and Occurrence of Endometrial Cancer
  17. Chapter 9: Modeling and Implementation Issues in Bayesian Meta-analysis
  18. Chapter 10: Meta-analysis of Population Pharmacokinetic Data
  19. Chapter 11: Meta-analysis of Individual-patient Survival Data Using Random-effect Models
  20. Chapter 12: Adjustment for Publication Bias and Quality Bias in Bayesian Meta-analysis
  21. Chapter 13: Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials: Opportunities and Limitations
  22. Chapter 14: Research Synthesis for Public Health Policy: Experience of the Institute of Medicine
  23. Chapter 15: Meta-analysis in Practice: A Critical Review of Available Software
  24. Index