Detection of associations between trial quality and effect sizes

Based on a quantitative summary score, a cut-off of six or more criteria met (out of 11) differentiated low- and high-quality trials best with lower quality trials reporting larger treatment effects (ROR 0.86, 95% CI: 0.70, 1.06, n.s.). Results for evidence of bias varied between datasets, clinical...

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Main Author: Hempel, Susanne
Corporate Authors: United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center/RAND.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rockville, MD Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [2012], 2012
Series:Methods research report
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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