Individual participant data meta-analyses should not ignore clustering

Objectives Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses often analyze their IPD as if coming from a single study. We compare this approach with analyses that rather account for clustering of patients within studies. Study Design and Setting Comparison of effect estimates from logistic re...

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Main Authors: Abo-Zaid, Ghada, Guo, Boliang, Deeks, Jonathan J., Debray, Thomas P.A., Steyerberg, Ewout W., Moons, Karel G.M., Riley, Richard David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31498/
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