References for Chapter IV
Atkins D, Best D, Briss PA, Eccles M, et al., GRADE Working Group. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ. 2004;328(7454):1490. PubMed| PMC free article
Balk EM, Bonis PAL, Moskowitz H, et al. Correlation of quality measures with estimates of treatment effect in meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials. JAMA. 2002;287(22):2973-82. PubMed
Balshem H, Helfand M, Schünemann HJ, Oxman AD, et al. GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence. J Clin Epidemiol. 2011;64(4):401-6. PubMed
Bauch CT, Li M, Chapman G, Galvani AP. Adherence to cervical screening in the era of human papillomavirus vaccination: how low is too low? Lancet Infect Dis. 2010;10(2):133-7. PubMed
Bayliss SE, Davenport C. Locating systematic reviews of test accuracy studies: how five specialist review databases measure up. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2008;24(4):403-11. PubMed
Berkman ND, Lohr KN, Ansari M, McDonagh M, et al. Chapter 15. Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Assessing Health Care Interventions for the Effective Health Care Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: An Update. In: Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. AHRQ Publication No. 10(14)-EHC063-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2014. Accessed Feb. 1, 2014 at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/60/318/CER-Methods-Guide-140109.pdf.
Booth A, Clarke M, Dooley G, Ghersi D, et al. PROSPERO at one year: an evaluation of its utility. Syst Rev. 2013;2:4. PubMed | PMC free article
Borenstein M, Hedges LV, Higgins JPT, Rothstein HR. Introduction to Meta-Analysis. Chapter 43: Criticisms of meta-analysis. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; 2009.
Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, Gatsonis CA, et al. ; Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: The STARD Initiative. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(1):40-4. PubMed
Buckley DI, Ansari M, Butler M, Williams C, Chang C. Chapter 4. The Refinement of Topics for Systematic Reviews: Lessons and Recommendations from the Effective Health Care Program. In: Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. AHRQ Publication No. 10(14)-EHC063-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2014. Accessed Feb. 1, 2014 at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/60/318/CER-Methods-Guide-140109.pdf.
Caro JJ, Caro G, Getsios D, et al. The migraine ACE model: evaluating the impact on time lost and medical resource use. Headache. 2002;40(4):282-91. PubMed
Caldwell DM, Ades AE, Higgins JP. Simultaneous comparison of multiple treatments: combining direct and indirect evidence. BMJ. 2005;331(7521):897–900. PubMed | PMC free article
Counsell C. Formulating questions and locating primary studies for inclusion in systematic reviews. Ann Intern Med. 1997;127:380-7. PubMed
Deeks JJ. Systematic reviews in health care: systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests. BMJ. 2001;323(7305):157-62. PubMed | PMC free article
Des Jarlais DC, Lyles C, Crepaz N; TREND Group. Improving the reporting quality of nonrandomized evaluations of behavioral and public health interventions: the TREND statement. Am J Public Health. 2004;94(3):361-6. PubMed | PMC free article.
Detsky AS, Naylor CD, O'Rourke K, McGeer AJ, L'Abbe KA. Incorporating variations in the quality of individual randomized trials into meta-analysis. J Clin Epid. 1992;45(3):255-65. PubMed
Dreyer NA, Velentgas P, Westrich K, Dubois R. The GRACE Checklist for Rating the Quality of Observational Studies of Comparative Effectiveness: A Tale of Hope and Caution. J Manag Care Pharm. 2014;20(3):301-8. PubMed | Publisher free article
Eckman MH, Levine HJ, Pauker SG. Decision analytic and cost-effectiveness issues concerning anticoagulant prophylaxis in heart disease. Chest. 1992;102(suppl. 4):538-549S. PubMed
Eddy DM. A Manual for Assessing Health Practices & Designing Practice Policies: The Explicit Approach. Philadelphia, Pa: American College of Physicians, 1992.
Eddy DM, Schlessinger L. Validation of the Archimedes diabetes model. Diabetes Care. 2003;26(11):3102-10. PubMed
Egger M, Smith GD, Altman DG, eds. Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-analysis in Context. 2nd ed. London, England: BMJ Books; 2001.
Egger M, Smith GD, Sterne JA. Uses and abuses of meta-analysis. Clin Med. 2001;1(6):478-84. Pubmed
Fink A, Kosecoff J, Chassin M, Brook RH. Consensus methods: characteristics and guidelines for use. Am J Pub Health. 1984;74(9):979-83. PubMed | PMC free article
Gallagher M, Hares T, Spencer J, Bradshaw C, Webb I. The nominal group technique: a research tool for general practice? Family Practice. 1993;10(1):76-81. PubMed
Gazelle GS, Hunink MG, Kuntz KM, et al. Cost-effectiveness of hepatic metastasectomy in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma: a state-transition Monte Carlo decision analysis. Ann Surg. 2003;237(4):544-55. PubMed | PMC free article
Goetghebeur MM, Wagner M, Khoury H, et al. Bridging health technology assessment (HTA) and efficient health care decision making with multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA): applying the EVIDEM framework to medicines appraisal. Med Decis Making. 2012;32(2):376-88. PubMed
Gold MR, Siegel JE, Russell LB, Weinstein MC. Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1996.
Goodman C, Baratz SR, eds. Improving Consensus Development for Health Technology Assessment: An International Perspective. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1990. Accessed Nov. 1, 2013 at: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1628&page=.
GRADE Working Group. Organizations that have endorsed or that are using GRADE. 2013. Accessed October. 29, 2014 at: http://www.gradeworkinggroup.org/society/index.htm.
Guyatt G, Oxman AD, Sultan S, Brozek J, et al. GRADE guidelines: 11. Making an overall rating of confidence in effect estimates for a single outcome and for all outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol. 2013;66(2):151-7. PubMed
Guyatt GH, Oxman AD, Sultan S, Glasziou P, et al., GRADE Working Group. GRADE guidelines: 9. Rating up the quality of evidence. J Clin Epidemiol. 2011;64(12):1311-6. PubMed
Hasselblad V, Hedges LV. Meta-analysis of screening and diagnostic tests. Psychol Bull. 1995;117(1): 167-78. PubMed
Hernandez DA, El-Masri MM, Hernandez CA. Choosing and using citation and bibliographic database software (BDS). Diabetes Educ. 2008;34(3):457-74. PubMed
Higgins JPT, Green S, eds. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Version 5.1.0 [updated March 2011]. The Cochrane Collaboration, 2011. Accessed Sept. 1, 2013 at: http://handbook.cochrane.org.
Husereau D, Drummond M, Petrou S, Carswell C, et al. ; CHEERS Task Force. Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2013;29(2):117-22. PubMed
Institute of Medicine. Consensus Development at the NIH: Improving the Program. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1990. Accessed Nov. 1, 2013 at: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1563&page=1.
Irwig L, Tosteson AN, Gatsonis C, Lau J, et al. Guidelines for meta-analyses evaluating diagnostic tests. Ann Intern Med. 1994;120(8):667-76. PubMed
Jairath N, Weinstein J. The Delphi methodology (part two): a useful administrative approach. Can J Nurs Admin. 1994;7(4):7-20. PubMed
Jansen JP, Fleurence R, Devine B, et al. Interpreting indirect treatment comparisons and network meta-analysis for health-care decision making: report of the ISPOR Task Force on Indirect Treatment Comparisons Good Research Practices: part 1. Value Health. 2011;14(4):417-28. PubMed
Kahn R, Alperin P, Eddy D, et al. Age at initiation and frequency of screening to detect type 2 diabetes: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Lancet. 2010;375(9723):1365-74. PubMed
Kulasingam SL, Havrilesky L, Ghebre R, Myers ER. Screening for Cervical Cancer: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. AHRQ Pub. No. 11-05157-EF-1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2011. Accessed June 18, 2014 at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92546.
Laird NM, Mosteller F. Some statistical methods for combining experimental results. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1990;6(1):5-30. PubMed
Lau J, Antman EM, Jiminez-Silva J, Kupelnick B, Mosteller F, Chalmers TC. Cumulative meta-analysis of therapeutic trials for myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 1992;327(4):248-54. PubMed | Publisher free article
Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, et al. The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration. PLoS Med. 2009;6(7):e1000100. PubMed | PMC free article
Littenberg B, Moses LE. Estimating diagnostic accuracy from multiple conflicting reports: a new meta-analytic method. Med Dec Making. 1993;13(4):313-21. PubMed
Luz PM, Vanni T, Medlock J, Paltiel AD, Galvani AP. Dengue vector control strategies in an urban setting: an economic modelling assessment. Lancet. 2011;377(9778):1673-80. PubMed | PMC free article
Lyles CM, Kay LS, Crepaz N, Herbst JH, et al. Best-evidence interventions: findings from a systematic review of HIV behavioral interventions for US populations at high risk, 2000-2004. Am J Public Health. 2007;97(1):133-43. PubMed | PMC free article.
McGlynn EA, Kosecoff J, Brook RH. Format and conduct of consensus development conferences. Multi-nation comparison. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1990;6(3):450-69. PubMed
Moher D, Cook DJ, Eastwood S, Olkin I, et al. Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials: the QUOROM statement. Quality of reporting of meta-analyses. Lancet. 1999;354(9193):1896-900. PubMed
Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med. 2009;6(7): e1000097. PubMed | PMC free article.
Moher D, Pham B, Jones A, et al. Does quality of reports of randomised trials affect estimates of intervention efficacy reported in meta-analyses? Lancet. 1998;352(9128):609-13. PubMed
Nordmann AJ, Kasenda B, Briel M. Meta-analyses: what they can and cannot do. Swiss Med Wkly. 2012;142:w13518. Publisher free article
Normand SL. Meta-analysis: formulating, evaluating, combining, and reporting. Stat Med. 1999;18:321-59. PubMed
OCEBM Levels of Evidence Working Group. The Oxford 2011 Levels of Evidence. Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. Accessed Sept. 1, 2013 at: http://www.cebm.net/index.aspx?o=5653.
Ogilvie D, Egan M, Hamilton V, Petticrew M. Systematic reviews of health effects of social interventions: 2. Best available evidence: how low should you go? J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005;59(10):886-92. PubMed | PMC free article
Olson CM. Consensus statements: applying structure. JAMA. 1995;273(1):72-3. PubMed
Pauker SG, Kassirer, JP. Decision analysis. N Engl J Med. 1987;316(5):250-8. PubMed
Petitti DB. Approaches to heterogeneity in meta-analysis. Stat Med. 2001;20:3625-33. PubMed
Philips Z, Ginnelly L, Sculpher M, Claxton K, et al. Review of guidelines for good practice in decision-analytic modelling in health technology assessment. Health Technol Assess. 2004;8(36):iii-iv, ix-xi, 1-158. PubMed | Publisher free article
Portnoy B, Miller J, Brown-Huamani K, DeVoto E. Impact of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Program on stimulating National Institutes of Health-funded research, 1998 to 2001. Int J Technol Assess Health Care, 2007;23(3):343-8. PubMed
Rawlins MD. On the evidence for decisions about the use of therapeutic interventions. The Harveian Oration of 2008. London: Royal College of Physicians, 2008. PubMed
Rew L. The systematic review of literature: synthesizing evidence for practice. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2011;16(1):64-9. PubMed
Sassi, F. Setting priorities for the evaluation of health interventions: when theory does not meet practice. Health Policy. 2003;63(2):141-54. PubMed
Savoie I, Helmer D, Green CJ, Kazanjian A. Beyond Medline: reducing bias through extended systematic review search. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2003;19(1):168-78. PubMed
Shea BJ, Grimshaw JM, Wells GA, et al. Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. BMC Med Res Methodol.2007;7:10. PubMed | PMC free article.
Shea BJ, Hamel C, Wells GA, Bouter LM, et al. AMSTAR is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009;62(10):1013-20. PubMed
Siebert U, Alagoz O, Bayoumi AM, Jahn B, et al. ; ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force. State-transition modeling: a report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force--3. Value Health. 2012;15(6):812-20. Accessed Feb. 1, 2014 at: http://mdm.sagepub.com/content/32/5/690.full.pdf+html. PubMed
Slavin RE. Best evidence synthesis: an intelligent alternative to meta-analysis. J Clin Epidemiol. 1995;48(1):9-18. PubMed
Song F, Parekh S, Hooper L, Loke YK, et al. Dissemination and publication of research findings: an updated review of related biases. Health Technol Assess. 2010;14(8):iii, ix-xi, 1-193. PubMed
Sonnenberg FA, Beck JR. Markov models in medical decision making: a practical guide. Med Decis Making. 1993;13(4):322-38. PubMed
Soto J. Health economic evaluations using decision analytic modeling. Principles and practices--utilization of a checklist to their development and appraisal. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2002;18(1):94-111. PubMed
Stern M, Williams K, Eddy D, Kahn R. Validation of prediction of diabetes by the Archimedes model and comparison with other predicting models. Diabetes Care. 2008;31(8):1670-1. PubMed | PMC free article.
Sterne JA, Egger M, Smith GD. Systematic reviews in health care: Investigating and dealing with publication and other biases in meta-analysis. BMJ. 2001;323(7304):101-5. PubMed | PMC free article
Sterne JA, Sutton AJ, Ioannidis JP, Terrin N, et al. Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials. BMJ. 2011;343:d4002. PubMed
Stroup DF, Berlin JA, Morton SC, et al. Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology. A proposal for reporting.Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group. JAMA. 2000;283:2008-12. PubMed
Sutton AJ, Abrams KR, Jones DR, Sheldon TA, Song F. Systematic reviews of trials and other studies. Health Technol Assess. 1998;2(19):1-276. PubMed | Publisher free article
Thacker SB. Meta-analysis: A quantitative approach to research integration. JAMA. 1988; 259(11):1685-9. PubMed
Thokala P, Duenas A. Multiple criteria decision analysis for health technology assessment. Value Health. 2012;15(8):1172-81. PubMed
Thompson SG, Higgins JP. How should meta-regression analyses be undertaken and interpreted? Stat Med. 2002;21(11):1559-73. PubMed
Thornton JG, Lilford RJ, Johnston N. Decision analysis in medicine. BMJ. 1992;304(6834):1099-103. PubMed | PMC free article .
Turner L, Shamseer L, Altman DG, Weeks L, et al. Consolidated standards of reporting trials (CONSORT) and the completeness of reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published in medical journals. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Nov 14;11:MR000030. PubMed
US Preventive Services Task Force. Procedure Manual. AHRQ Publication No. 08-05118-EF, July 2008. Accessed Aug. 1, 2013 at: http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf08/methods/procmanual.htm.
van Houwelingen HC, Arends LR, Stijnen T. Advanced methods in meta-analysis: multivariate approach and meta-regression. Stat Med. 2002;21(4):589-624. PubMed
Viswanathan M, Ansari MT, Berkman ND, Chang S, et al. Chapter 9. Assessing the risk of bias of individual studies in systematic reviews of health care interventions. In: Methods Guide for Effectiveness and Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. AHRQ Publication No. 10(14)-EHC063-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2014. Accessed Feb. 1, 2014 at: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/60/318/CER-Methods-Guide-140109.pdf.
von Elm E, Altman DG, Egger M, Pocock SJ, et al. ; STROBE Initiative. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008;61(4):344-9. PubMed
Weinstein MC, O'Brien B, Hornberger J, et al. Principles of good practice for decision analytic modeling in health-care evaluation: report of the ISPOR Task Force on Good Research Practices − Modeling Studies. Value Health. 2003;6(1):9-17. PubMed
Whiting P, Westwood M, Burke M, Sterne J, Glanville J. Systematic reviews of test accuracy should search a range of databases to identify primary studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008;61(4):357-64. PubMed