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Meta-analysis, decision analysis, and cost-effectiveness analysis
methods for quantitative synthesis in medicine
In this 2nd edition Petitti has added new material on cumulative meta-analysis and the exploration of heterogeneity, incorporated recommendations for standardizing the conduct of cost-effectiveness analysis, and updated the rest of the text.
1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of the Methods -- 3. Planning the Study -- 4. Information Retrieval -- 5. Data Collection -- 6. Advanced Issues in Meta-Analysis -- 7. Statistical Methods in Meta-Analysis.
13. Utility and Cost-Utility Analysis -- 14. Exploring Heterogeneity -- 15. Sensitivity Analysis -- 16. Reporting Results -- 17. Limitations.
8. Other Statistical and Methodologic Issues in Meta-Analysis -- 9. Complex Decision Problems -- 10. Estimating Probabilities -- 11. Measuring Preferences for Health States -- 12. Advanced Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
44.32 medical mathematics, medical statistics
New York : Oxford University Press, 2000
Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; v. 31