This presentation will demonstrate how to perform diagnostic meta-analysis using midas , a user-written macro. midas is is comprehensive program of statistical and graphical routines for undertaking meta-analysis of diagnostic test performance in Stata. Primary data synthesis is performed within...

Meta-analysis is considered the highest level of evidence on effectiveness of healthcare interventions. It provides important information by capitalizing on the large numbers of studies performed to assess the impact of healthcare interventions, helps reduce variability and uncertainty among...

We have previously demonstrated Stata implementation of bivariate ramdom effects meta-analysis of the sensitivity and specificity of a single binary diagnostic test by means of the midas module (Dwamena NASUG2007; Dwamena WCSUG 2007). In this presentation we extend our work to paired-comparison...

This presentation will demonstrate how to perform diagnostic meta-analysis using user-written macros midas and xtmidas for Stata versions 9 and 10 respectively. Both midas and xtmidas are comprehensive programs of statistical and graphical routines for undertaking meta-analysis of diagnostic...

Methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies must, in addition to unobserved heterogeneity, account for covariate heterogeneity, threshold effects, methodological quality and small study bias, whic constitute the major threats to the validity of meta-analytic results. These have...