The missing piece: Why clinicians, epidemiologists, and policymakers need prediction intervals in a meta-analysis

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
• ² Centre of Excellence for Tribal Health, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
• ³ Indian Council of Medical Research - Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, India.
• ⁴ Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
• ⁵ Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, India.
• ⁶ Medical Laboratories Techniques Department, AL-Mustaqbal University, Hillah, Babil, Iraq.
• ⁷ School of Applied and Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
• ⁸ Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
• ⁹ Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• ¹⁰ Department of Clinical Microbiology, DY Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
• ¹¹ Department of Public Health Dentistry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India.