Randomised controlled trials for policy interventions: a review of reviews and meta-regression

Oliver S, Bagnall AM, Thomas J, Shepherd J, Sowden A, White I, Dinnes J, Rees R, Colquitt J, Oliver K, Garrett Z
Record ID 32010000457
English
Authors' recommendations: Study found that effect sizes from randomised and non-randomised controlled trials may differ in some circumstances and that these differences may be associated with factors confounded with design
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.hta.ac.uk/1572
Year Published: 2010
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Policy Making
  • Public Policy
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • State Medicine
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
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Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
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