epi.epidural

This data set provides results of six trials investigating rates of use of epidural anaesthesia during childbirth. Each trial is made up of a group where a caregiver (midwife, nurse) provided support intervention and a group where standard care was provided. The objective was to determine if there were higher rates of epidural use when a caregiver was present at birth.

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A package for analysing epidemiological data. Contains
        functions for directly and indirectly adjusting measures of
        disease frequency, quantifying measures of association on the
        basis of single or multiple strata of count data presented in a
        contingency table, and computing confidence intervals around
        incidence risk and incidence rate estimates. Miscellaneous
        functions for use in meta-analysis, diagnostic test
        interpretation, and sample size calculations.

Mark Stevenson

epiR

Functions for analysing epidemiological data

epi.epidural function

Deeks JJ, Altman DG, Bradburn MJ (2001). Statistical methods for examining heterogeneity and combining results from several studies in meta-analysis. In: Egger M, Davey Smith G, Altman D (eds). Systematic Review in Health Care Meta-Analysis in Context. British Medical Journal, London, pp. 291 - 299.

epi.epidural: Rates of use of epidural anaesthesia in trials of caregiver support

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