A simulation study to compare different estimation approaches for network meta-analysis and corresponding methods to evaluate the consistency assumption

A simulation study to compare different estimation approaches for network meta-analysis and corresponding methods to evaluate the consistency assumption

Abstract Background Network meta-analysis (NMA) is becoming increasingly popular in systematic reviews and health technology assessments. However, there is still ambiguity concerning the properties of the estimation approaches as well as for the methods to evaluate the consistency assumption. Method...

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Main Authors: Corinna Kiefer, Sibylle Sturtz, Ralf Bender
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Consistency assumption
Indirect comparison
Mixed treatment comparison
Multiple treatments meta-analysis
Network meta-analysis
Simulation study
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-0917-3

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