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.
Series Introduction iii Preface v Contributors xi Meta-analysis: Past and Present Challenges 1(28) Dalene K. Stangl Donald A. Berry Meta-analysis of Heterogeneously Reported Study Results: A Bayesian Approach 29(36) Keith R. Abrams Paul C. Lambert Bruno Sanso Chris Shaw Meta-analysis versus Large Trials: Resolving the Controversy 65(18) Scott M. Berry A Bayesian Meta-analysis of Randomized Mega-trials for the Choice of Thrombolytic Agents in Acute Myocardial Infarction 83(22) James Brophy lawerence Joseph Combining Studies with Continuous and Dichotomous Responses: A Latent-Variables Approach 105(22) Francesca Dominici Giovanni Parmigiani Computer-modeling and Graphical Strategies for Meta-analysis 127(52) William DuMouchel Sharon-Lise Normand Meta-analysis for 2 x 2 Tables with Multiple Treatment Groups 179(12) Leon J. Gleser Ingram Olkin A Bayesian Meta-analysis of the Relationship between Duration of Estrogen and Occurrence of Endometrial Cancer 191(14) Daniel T. Larose Modeling and Implementation Issues in Bayesian Meta-analysis 205(26) Donna K. Pauler Jon Wakefield Meta-analysis of Population Pharmacokinetic Data 231(24) Nargis Rahman Jon Wakefield Meta-analysis of Individual-patient Survival Data Using Random-effect Models 255(22) Daniel J. Sargent Benny C. Zee Chantal Milan Valter Torri Guido Francini Adjustment for Publication Bias and Quality Bias in Bayesian Meta-analysis 277(28) David D. Smith Geof H. Givens Richard L. Tweedie Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials: Opportunities and Limitations 305(16) Richard Simon Research Synthesis for Public Health Policy: Experience of the Institute of Medicine 321(38) Michael A. Stoto Meta-analysis in Practice: A Critical Review of Available Software 359(32) Alexander J. Sutton Paul C. Lambert Martin Hellmich Keith R. Abrams David R. Jones Index 391
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