Methods for Meta-Analysis in Medical Research

Alexander J. Sutton, Keith R. Abrams, David R Jones, Trevor A. Sheldon, Fujian Song

ISBN 10: 0471490660 / ISBN 13: 9780471490661

Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc, US, 2000

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Im Rahmen der Meta-Analyse wird versucht, die in klinischen Versuchen gesammelten Daten zu kombinieren, um Schlu?folgerungen uber die Wirksamkeit einer Behandlung abzuleiten. Das Thema ist daher gleicherma?en relevant fur Medizin und pharmazeutische Industrie. Einschlagige methodische Ansatze werden kritisch diskutiert und miteinander verglichen. Nutzlich sind die ausfuhrlichen Hinweise auf weiterfuhrende Literatur zu Spezialthemen. (10/00).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Methods for Meta-Analysis in Medical Research
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc, US
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471490660
• ISBN 13: 9780471490661
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 652 grams

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Synopsis

With meta-analysis methods playing a crucial role in health research in recent years, this important and clearly-written book provides a much-needed survey of the field.
Meta-analysis provides a framework for combining the results of several clinical trials and drawing inferences about the effectiveness of medical treatments. The move towards evidence-based health care and practice is underpinned by the use of meta-analysis. This book:
* Provides a thorough criticism and an up-to-date survey of meta-analysis methods
* Emphasises the practical approach, and illustrates the methods by numerous examples
* Describes the use of Bayesian methods in meta-analysis
* Includes discussion of appropriate software for each analysis
* Includes numerous references to more advanced treatment of specialist topics
* Refers to software code used in the examples available on the authors' Web site
Practising statisticians, statistically-minded clinicians and health research professionals will benefit greatly from the clear presentation and numerous examples. Medical researchers will grasp the basic principles of meta-analysis, and learn how to apply the various methods.

About the Author

Alex Sutton has published extensively on meta-analysis methodology generally, and on publication bias specifically in recent years, including a major systematic review on the topic of the methodology that has been developed for meta-analysis. He currently has an active interest in the area of partially reported study information, which is currently under-researched. Dr. Sutton is co-author of a textbook on metaanalysis (Methods for Meta Analysis in Medical Research), which was published by Wiley in 2000.