Invited Commentary: Combining Information to Answer Epidemiologic Questions About a Target Population.
| Autor: | Dahabreh IJ |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | American journal of epidemiology [Am J Epidemiol] 2024 May 07; Vol. 193 (5), pp. 741-750. |
| DOI: | 10.1093/aje/kwad014 |
| Abstrakt: | Epidemiologists are attempting to address research questions of increasing complexity by developing novel methods for combining information from diverse sources. Cole et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2023;192(3)467-474) provide 2 examples of the process of combining information to draw inferences about a population proportion. In this commentary, we consider combining information to learn about a target population as an epidemiologic activity and distinguish it from more conventional meta-analyses. We examine possible rationales for combining information and discuss broad methodological considerations, with an emphasis on study design, assumptions, and sources of uncertainty. (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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