Journal Article10.1002/SIM.1301
Issues in the meta-analysis of cluster randomized trials
Allan Donner,Neil Klar +1 more
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TL;DR: A review and comment on a selected number of issues, including problems of study heterogeneity, difficulties in estimating design effects from individual trials and the choice of statistical methods, including those raised by meta-analyses which include only individually randomized trials.
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Abstract: Meta-analyses involving the synthesis of evidence from cluster randomization trials are being increasingly reported. These analyses raise challenging methodologic issues beyond those raised by meta-analyses which include only individually randomized trials. In this paper we review and comment on a selected number of these issues, including problems of study heterogeneity, difficulties in estimating design effects from individual trials and the choice of statistical methods.
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