Randomised controlled trials for policy interventions: a review of reviews and meta-regression
Author(s) -
Sandy Oliver,
A-M Bagnall,
James Thomas,
Jonathan Shepherd,
Amanda Sowden,
Ian R. White,
Jacqueline Dinnes,
Rebecca Rees,
Jill L Colquitt,
Kathryn Oliver,
Zoe Garrett
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
health technology assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.426
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 2046-4924
pISSN - 1366-5278
DOI - 10.3310/hta14160
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , psycinfo , meta analysis , systematic review , medicine , randomized controlled trial , econlit , medline , citation index , citation , library science , nursing , political science , surgery , computer science , law
To determine whether randomised controlled trials (RCTs) lead to the same effect size and variance as non-randomised studies (NRSs) of similar policy interventions, and whether these findings can be explained by other factors associated with the interventions or their evaluation.
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