Rank reversal in indirect comparisons

Value in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1137-1140

  Norton, Edward C ^a,b   Miller, Morgen M ^a   Wang, Jason J ^c   Coyne, Kasey ^c   Kleinman, Lawrence C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

indirect comparisons; odds ratio; risk; risk difference; risk ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EFFECT SIZE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK REVERSAL; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84871208829     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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