Funnel plots for comparing individual surgical performance.

[CPlatell]

Is there any way that I can use State (version 13.1) to create "Funnel plots for comparing individual surgical performance."

Has anyone ever written a program to make this work on Stata.

Thank you.

[Maarten Buis]

Did you try typing in Stata findit funnel?

[CPlatell]

Yes, I have tried numerous searches for funnel. For such a commonly used analysis by various administrative units, I find it perplexing that Stata can not perform this function.

[Martyn Sherriff]

Are none of these any use to you?

. findit funnel

Search of official help files, FAQs, Examples, SJs, and STBs

Book . Meta-Analysis in Stata: An Updated Collection from the Stata Journal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan A. C. Sterne (editor)
http://www.stata.com/bookstore/meta-analysis-in-stata/

FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . User-written packages for meta-analysis in Stata
. . . . . . . . . . J. Sterne, R. Harris, R. Harbord, and T. Steichen
7/11 What meta-analysis features are available in
Stata?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/st...meta-analysis/
SJ-13-3 st0304 . . . . . . . . . Simulation-based sample-size calculation ...
. . . . M. J. Crowther, S. R. Hinchliffe, A. Donald, and A. J. Sutton
(help metasim, metapow, metapowplot if installed)
Q3/13 SJ 13(3):451--473
describes commands to estimate the probability that the
conclusions of a meta-analysis will change with the
inclusion of a new study
SJ-12-4 gr0054 . . . . . . . . . . Graphical augmentations to the funnel plot
. . . . . . . . . . . . . M. J. Crowther, D. Langan, and A. J. Sutton
(help extfunnel if installed)
Q4/12 SJ 12(4):605--622
implementation of a new range of overlay augmentations to the
funnel plot to assess the impact of a new study on an existing
meta-analysis
SJ-9-2 sbe19_6 . . . . Updated tests for small-study effects in meta-analyses
. . . . . . . . . . . R. M. Harbord, R. J. Harris, and J. A. C. Sterne
(metabias if installed)
Q2/09 SJ 9(2):197--210
describes an updated version of the metabias command
providing statistical tests for funnel plot asymmetry
SJ-9-2 gr0033_1 . . . . . . Contour-enhanced funnel plots for meta-analysis
. . . . . . T. M. Palmer, J. L. Peters, A. J. Sutton, and S. G. Moreno
(help confunnel if installed)
Q2/09 SJ 9(2):327
software update to confunnel to produce plots with
shaded regions of statistical significance
SJ-9-2 sbe24_3 . . . . . . . . metan: fixed- and random-effects meta-analysis
. . . . . . . . . Harris, Bradburn, Deeks, Harbord, Altman, and Sterne
(help funnel, labbe, metan if installed)
Q2/09 SJ 9(2):327
by() variables were being converted to string format and
the predictive interval option rfdist had an error when
used for nonratio measures; these problems are fixed
SJ-8-2 gr0033 . . . . . . . Contour-enhanced funnel plots for meta-analysis
. . . . . . T. M. Palmer, J. L. Peters, A. J. Sutton, and S. G. Moreno
(help confunnel if installed)
Q2/08 SJ 8(2):242--254
provides contour-enhanced funnel plots for meta-analysis
SJ-8-1 sbe24_2 . . . . . . . . metan: fixed- and random-effects meta-analysis
. . . . . . . . . Harris, Bradburn, Deeks, Harbord, Altman, and Sterne
(help funnel, labbe, metan if installed)
Q1/08 SJ 8(1):3--28
update of meta-analysis command metan including modern
graphics, the ability to meta-analyze precalculated
effect estimates, and analyze subgroups
SJ-4-2 pr0012 . . . . . . . . Submenu and dialogs for meta-analysis commands
(help meta_dialog if installed) . . . . . . . . . . . . T. J. Steichen
Q2/04 SJ 4(2):124--126
provides Stata dialog boxes and commands to create a submenu
for publicly available meta-analysis commands
SJ-4-2 st0061 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funnel plots in meta-analysis
(help metafunnel if installed) . . J. A. C. Sterne and R. M. Harbord
Q2/04 SJ 4(2):127--141
discusses funnel plots, possible causes of asymmetry, and
the metafunnel command
Web resources from Stata and other users

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15 packages found (Stata Journal and STB listed first)
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gr0054 from http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj12-4
SJ12-4 gr0054. Graphical augmentations to the... / Graphical augmentations
to the funnel plot to / assess the impact of a new study on an / existing
meta-analysis / by Michael J. Crowther, University of Leicester, UK / Dean
Langan, Clinical Trials Research Unit / (CTRU), University of Leeds, UK /
gr0033_1 from http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj9-2
SJ9-2 gr0033_1. Update: Contour enhanced funnel plots for... / Update:
Contour enhanced funnel plots for meta-analysis / by Tom M. Palmer,
Department of Health Sciences, / University of Leicester, Leicester, UK /
Jaime L. Peters, School of Mathematical Sciences, / Queensland University
gr0033 from http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj8-2
SJ8-2 gr0033. Contour enhanced funnel plots for... / Contour enhanced
funnel plots for meta-analysis / by Tom M. Palmer, Department of Health
Sciences, / University of Leicester, Leicester, UK / Jaime L. Peters,
School of Mathematical Sciences, / Queensland University of Technology,
st0061 from http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj4-2
SJ4-2 st0061. Funnel plots in meta-analysis / Funnel plots in
meta-analysis / by Jonathan A. C. Sterne and Roger M. Harbord / Department
of Social Medicine, University of Bristol / Support:
[email protected] / After installation, type help metafunnel
sbe24_1 from http://www.stata.com/stb/stb45
STB-45 sbe24_1. Correction to funnel plot. / STB insert by / Michael J.
Bradburn, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford; / Jonathan J. Deeks,
Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford; / Douglas G. Altman, Institute of
Health Sciences, Oxford. / Support: [email protected],
extfunnel from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/e
'EXTFUNNEL': module to produce graphical augmentations to the funnel plot
to indicate the potential impact of a new study on an existing
meta-analysis / extfunnel creates graphical overlay augmentations to the
funnel / plot. The purpose of these overlays is to display the potential /
funnelcompar from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/f
'FUNNELCOMPAR': module to perform funnel plot for institutional comparison
/ funnelcompar computes data and plots a funnel plot as defined by /
Spiegelhalter 2005. A scatter plot of an indicator values value / is
plotted against a measure of their precision pop, typically / the sample
metaaggr from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/m
'METAAGGR': modules for meta-analysis of aggregate data / metan is for
performing aggregate level meta-analyses. Studies / may be combined using
the inverse variance or Der Simonian & / Laird weights. If the data are in
the form of two proportions, / the Mantel-Haenszel method and the
metabias from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/m
'METABIAS': module to test for small-study effects in meta-analysis /
metabias performs several statistical tests for funnel-plot / asymmetry in
meta-analysis and optionally plots associated / graphs. As there are
several possible sources of funnel-plot / asymmetry, these tests assess

metadialog from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/m
'METADIALOG': module to provide sub-menu and dialogs for meta-analysis
commands / This module provides Stata Version 8 dialog boxes (.dlg files)
/ and the commands needed to create a Meta-Analysis sub-menu that /
contains the publicly available meta-analysis commands. The 14 / dialogs,

metafunnel from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/m
'METAFUNNEL': module to produce funnel plots for meta-analysis /
metafunnel plots funnel plots. These graphical displays are / used to
examine whether the results of a meta-analysis may have / been affected by
publication or other types of bias. / Distribution-Date: 20030827 /
metan from http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/m
'METAN': module for fixed and random effects meta-analysis / These
routines provide facilities to conduct meta-analyses of / data from more
than one study and to graph the results. Either / binary (event) or
continuous data from two groups may be combined / using the metan command.
sbe24_2 from http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj8-1
SJ8-1 sbe24_2. Update: metan: fixed- and random-effects... / Update:
metan: fixed- and random-effects meta-analysis / by Ross J. Harris, Roger
M. Harbord, and Jonathan A. C. Sterne / Department of Social Medicine,
University of Bristol / Jonathan J. Deeks, Department of Primary Care
pr0012 from http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj4-2
SJ4-2 pr0012. Submenu and dialogs for meta-analysis commands / Submenu
and dialogs for meta-analysis commands / by Thomas J. Steichen / Support:
[email protected] / After installation, type help meta_dialogsbe24 from http://www.stata.com/stb/stb44
STB-44 sbe24. metan - an alternative meta-analysis command. / STB insert
by / Michael J. Bradburn, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford; / Jonathan
J. Deeks, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford; / Douglas G. Altman,
Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford. / Support:

8 references found in tables of contents
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http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj12-4/
Stata Journal volume 12, issue 4 / Update: Importing financial data / HTML
output in Stata / Graphical augmentations to the funnel plot to / assess
the impact of a new study on an existing / meta-analysis / Update: A
programmer's command to build / formatted statistical tables / Update:
http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj9-2/
Stata Journal volume 9, issue 2 / Update: Contour enhanced funnel plots
for / meta-analysis / Updated tests for bias in meta-analysis / Update:
metan: fixed- and random-effects / meta-analysis / Update: GLS for trend
estimation of summarized / dose-response data / Update: Multiple
http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj8-2/
Stata Journal volume 8, issue 2 / Contour enhanced funnel plots for
meta-analysis / Assign values to variables / Multinomial goodness-of-fit
tests / Fit a linear model with two high-dimensional fixed / effects / SNP
and SML estimation of univariate and bivariate / binary-choice models /
http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj4-2/
Stata Journal volume 4, issue 2 / Lean mainstream schemes for Stata 8
graphics / Submenu and dialogs for meta-analysis commands / Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium test in case-control / studies / Update to residual
diagnostics for cross-section / time-series regression models / Estimation
http://www.stata.com/stb/stb45/
STB-45 September 1998 / Digamma and trigamma functions / A tool for
exploring Stata datasets (Windows & Mac only) / Joining episodes in
multi-record survival time data / labgraph: placing text labels on two-way
graphs / A set of 3D-programs / Graphical representation of follow-up by
http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/e/
module to perform extreme bound analysis / module to perform Entropy
reweighting to create balanced samples / module to to display variables in
the Data Editor, ordered by varlist / module to compute Exact and
Approximate Confidence Limits for Poisson Counts / module to generate
http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/f/
module to score Foot and Ankle Ability Measure / module to extract factor
values from a label variable created by parmest / module to merge a list
of factors to create string variables / module to perform tests for
appropriateness of factor analysis / module to insert new observations
http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/m/
module to implement interpoint distance distribution analysis / module to
unabbreviate Global Macro Lists / module to perform Dickey-Fuller test on
panel data / module to select matching observations based on a Mahalanobis
distance measure / module to send progress reports (Mac OSX/Linux/Unix) /
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Martyn

[CPlatell]

Thank you for pointing that out.

Yes I have looked at these articles.

However, the programs relate to meta-analyses, which I believe are fundamentally different to the funnel plots used to monitor performance. I do not see how using such programs can be of any help.

[Barry Beiles]

Look at FUNNELCOMPAR. I found this very good.