Meta-analysis

2000-10-24 Thread essermc
I have to pool/summarize the results of some pharmacoeconomic trials. In most of the trials, the results are reportet in this way: (1)Days of hospitalization (treatm. vs. contr.) (2)Costs of treatment (treatm. vs. control). The only statistical information given is (p-value from the testing of h

summarizing p-values

2000-08-03 Thread essermc
Hello from Germany, as a part of my dissertation in medicine, I have to summarize some results of clinical trials. My question: By summarizing the results (percentage differences of certain parameters), how can I regard for the different p-values (which are calculated with different tests in the t