@article{62a55caf3e734732a162a954a2ac84d5,
title = "Meta-analysis of survey data: Application to health services research",
abstract = "Traditionally, meta-analysis methods have been developed and used to combine data from several independent clinical trials as well as observational studies, but have not been as widely used in survey research. This paper describes the steps in conducting such a meta-analysis of surveys, to obtain a single summary estimate from a combination of individual-level and summary data. The methods are applied in the context of a project aimed at obtaining an estimate of the prevalence of use of electronic health records.",
keywords = "Electronic health record, Health research, Meta-analysis, Surveys",
author = "Rao, {Sowmya R.} and Graubard, {Barry I.} and Schmid, {Christopher H.} and Morton, {Sally C.} and Louis, {Thomas A.} and Zaslavsky, {Alan M.} and Finkelstein, {Dianne M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments The authors thank Dr. David Blumenthal, Dr. Karen Donelan, Dr. Catherine Des-Roches, and the HIT Adoption Initiative team for their help. We also thank Catherine W. Burt and Esther S. Hing from NCHS for providing us with the estimates for the group practices using the 2005 NAMCS data. S.R.R. and D.M.F. were supported by a contract from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Funding: The project was supported by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Washington, D.C. and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J.",
year = "2008",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1007/s10742-008-0032-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
pages = "98--114",
journal = "Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology",
issn = "1387-3741",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "2",
}