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Agreement between ranking metrics in network meta-analysis: an empirical study

2020-02-12 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveTo empirically explore the level of agreement of the treatment hierarchies from different ranking metrics in network meta-analysis (NMA) and to investigate how network characteristics influence the agreement. DesignEmpirical evaluation from re-analysis of network meta-analyses. Data232 networks of four or more interventions from randomised controlled trials, published between 1999 and 2015. MethodsWe calculated treatment hierarchies from several ranking metrics: relative treatment ef...

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