A quantitative method of combining the results of independent studies (usually drawn from the published literature) and synthesizing summaries and conclusions which may be used to evaluate therapeutic effectiveness, plan new studies, etc., with application chiefly in the areas of research and medicine.

Annotation

for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of meta-analysis studies; a different heading META-ANALYSIS is used for reports of a specific meta-analysis study

DUI

D015201 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0023357

Previous indexing

Follow-Up Studies (1977-1979); Outcome and Process Assessment (1977-1979); Research (1980-1982); Research Design (1980-1988); Statistics (1980-1988)

History note

2008(1989)

Public note

2008; see META-ANALYSIS 1989-2007