Meta-Analysis, Decision Analysis, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Methods for Quantitative Synthesis in Medicine

I really like this book. I first found the Petitti book in my medical school in Malaysia and found it an indispensable resource for quickly getting the lay of the land across meta-analyses and cost-effectiveness and decision modeling. I now own two copies - the Kindle version and the hardback. A nice addition to the health system data analyst!

A great reference book. Easy to read and a nice book for for keeping in your personal library. Highly recommended!

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I don't want to be a persuader, but this book is excellent for those who just begin to have interest in pharmacoeconomics.This book can explain a lot of mathmatics problems for you. Have I typed a wrong "math" just now?

Meta-analysis, as both an applied and theoretical science, continues to develop from its rather humble beginnings. Since most physicians lack a strong background in quantitative science, rigorous statistical approaches to clinical decision making have been slow to gain widespread support. Despite its limitations, meta-analysis is proving to be an important vehicle for making sense of the increasingly overwhelming amount of published data in the biomedical sciences. Petitti's book goes a long way in demystifying meta-analysis for the rank and file and also serves as an excellent introduction to the field for the more statistically literate.Most of my own work is in meta-analysis and I bought the book exclusively for this content and not information on decision analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis. I do not mean to minimize the importance of the latter but rather point out my own narrow interest in the Petitti text.The book is well written and concise. Petitti "cuts to the chase" explaining the theory underlying meta-analytic methods and provides many useful examples from the medical literature. The text is easy to follow, understandable and well balanced. A thorough reading should leave the reader well prepared for further exploration of applied meta-analysis as well as capable of articulating its strengths, weaknesses and future direction.Overall, Petitti's text is an excellent place to start for those interested in learning the fundamentals of "research synthesis". The book is also an extremely handy references for the more experienced practitioner. I highly recommend it.

本書には、メタ分析、決断分析、費用効果分析の3種類の統合的研究をどのようにデザインし、処理し、解析、解釈するのかが記載されている。すでにパブリッシュされた文献を題材として各手法を解説しており、非常にわかりやすい。臨床易学的な手法を学ぶ入門書としてはおすすめである。