Spie charts for quantifying treatment effectiveness and safety in multiple outcome network meta-analysis: a proof-of-concept study

Abstract Background Network meta-analysis (NMA) simultaneously synthesises direct and indirect evidence on the relative efficacy and safety of at least three treatments. A decision maker may use the coherent results of an NMA to determine which treatment is best for a given outcome. However, this ev...

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Main Authors: Caitlin H. Daly, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Lehana Thabane, Sharon E. Straus, Jemila S. Hamid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-01128-2