Concept information
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Quality of Health Care
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
Epidemiologic Research Design
Preferred term
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Clinical Trial Overview
- Clinical Trial Overviews
- Data Pooling
- Data Poolings
- Overview, Clinical Trial
- Overviews, Clinical Trial
Note
- for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of meta-analysis studies; a different heading META-ANALYSIS is used for reports of a specific meta-analysis study
Scope note
- A quantitative method of combining the results of independent studies (usually drawn from the published literature) and synthesizing summaries and conclusions which may be used to evaluate therapeutic effectiveness, plan new studies, etc., with application chiefly in the areas of research and medicine.
History note
- 2008(1989)
In other languages
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Finnish
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meta-analyysi
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tutkimusten yhdistäminen
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015201
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