Clinical Epidemiologist in Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics — Case | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | SMLE Q#11631
SMLE Question #11631
Patient Safety, Preventive & Ethics
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Objective: OBJ-367
Last updated: February 2026
A clinical epidemiologist evaluates a new antihypertensive drug using only previously published randomized trials and observational studies. She applies predefined inclusion criteria, extracts effect estimates from each study, and statistically combines them to produce one overall summary estimate of treatment effect. What type of study is she conducting?
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