Evidentiary Standards in Medicine with Particular Reference to Meta-analysis
The purpose of this paper is to raise issues about what constitutes convincing medical evidence, particularly in meta-analysis. While meta-analysis, like any statistical approach, is open to abuse, the point here is how compelling does the quality of evidence need to be in order to be convincing?
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academic Publishing House
2009-03-01
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Series: | Bioautomation |
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Online Access: | http://www.clbme.bas.bg/bioautomation/2009/vol_12.1/files/12_2.4.pdf |