Indirect comparisons of competing interventions
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Indirect comparisons of competing interventions.
OBJECTIVES To survey the frequency of use of indirect comparisons in systematic reviews and evaluate the methods used in their analysis and interpretation. Also to identify alternative statistical approaches for the analysis of indirect comparisons, to assess the properties of different statistical methods used for performing indirect comparisons and to compare direct and indirect estimates of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Technology Assessment
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1366-5278,2046-4924
DOI: 10.3310/hta9260