An empirical evaluation of the impact scenario of pooling bodies of evidence from randomized controlled trials and cohort studies in medical research
Abstract Background Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies are the most common study design types used to assess treatment effects of medical interventions. We aimed to hypothetically pool bodies of evidence (BoE) from RCTs with matched BoE from cohort studies included in the same sy...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-10-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02559-y |