Using indirect comparisons to compare interventions within a Cochrane review: A tool for comparative effectiveness research

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 345-357

  Agapova, Maria ^a   Devine, Emily B ^a   Nguyen, Hiep ^a   Wolf, Fredric M ^a   Inoue, Lurdes Y T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Cochrane review; comparative effectiveness research; heterogeneity variance priors; meta analysis; random effects variance

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN INDIRECT COMPARISON METHOD; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LITERATURE;

ASTHMA; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 84907810321     PISSN: 20426305     EISSN: 20426313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/cer.14.29     Document Type: Review

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