Multivariate meta-analysis of mixed outcomes: A Bayesian approach

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 3926-3943

  Bujkiewicz, Sylwia ^a   Thompson, John R ^a   Sutton, Alex J ^a   Cooper, Nicola J ^a   Harrison, Mark J ^b   Symmons, Deborah P M ^b   Abrams, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Multiple outcomes; Multivariate meta analysis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAS28; DATA PROCESSING; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE OUTCOMES; MULTIVARIATE META-ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84884204253     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.5831     Document Type: Article

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