Network meta-analysis for decision making /

A practical guide to network meta-analysis with examples and code In the evaluation of healthcare, rigorous methods of quantitative assessment are necessary to establish which interventions are effective and cost-effective. Often a single study will not provide the answers and it is desirable to syn...

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Main Author: Dias, Sofia, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2018.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781118951712
1118951719
9781118951729
1118951727
9781118951651
1118951654
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to evidence synthesis
  • 2. The core model
  • 3. Model fit, model comparison and outlier detection
  • 4. Generalised linear models
  • 5. Network meta-analysis within cost-effectiveness analysis
  • 6. Adverse events and other sparse outcome data
  • 7. Checking for inconsistency
  • 8. Meta-regression for relative treatment effects
  • 9. Bias adjustment methods
  • 10. Network meta-analysis of survival outcomes
  • 11. Multiple outcomes
  • 12. Validity of network meta-analysis
  • Solutions to exercises
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Index.