Estimating within-study covariances in multivariate meta-analysis with multiple outcomes

Multivariate meta-analysis allows the joint synthesis of effect estimates based on multiple outcomes from multiple studies, accounting for the potential correlations among them. However, standard methods for multivariate meta-analysis for multiple outcomes are restricted to problems where the within...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wei, Yinghui, Higgins, Julian PT
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618374/