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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Petitti, Diana B.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Series:	Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; v. 31.
Subjects:	Medicine > Decision making. Statistical decision. Meta-analysis. Cost effectiveness. Decision making > Mathematical models. Meta-Analysis as Topic Decision Support Techniques Cost-Benefit Analysis > statistics & numerical data Cost-Benefit Analysis Médecine > Prise de décision. Prise de décision (Statistique) Méta-analyse. Coût-efficacité. Prise de décision > Modèles mathématiques. cost benefit analysis. 44.32 medical mathematics, medical statistics. MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment. MEDICAL > Epidemiology. Decision making > Mathematical models Cost effectiveness Medicine > Decision making Meta-analysis Statistical decision Clinical trials. Statistische analyse. Prise de decision (statistique) Cout-efficacite. Medecine > Prise de decision. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.