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Do alternative methods for analysing count data produce similar estimates? Implications for meta-analyses

BACKGROUND: Many randomised trials have count outcomes, such as the number of falls or the number of asthma exacerbations. These outcomes have been treated as counts, continuous outcomes or dichotomised and analysed using a variety of analytical methods. This study examines whether different methods...

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Autores principales: Herbison, Peter, Robertson, M. Clare, McKenzie, Joanne E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4650317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26577545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-015-0144-x