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Degree irregularity and rank probability bias in network-meta analysis

2020-03-20 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Network meta-analysis (NMA) is a statistical technique for the comparison of treatment options. The nodes of the network are the competing treatments and edges represent comparisons of treatments in trials. Outcomes of Bayesian NMA include estimates of treatment effects, and the probabilities that each treatment is ranked best, second best and so on. How exactly network geometry affects the accuracy and precision of these outcomes is not fully understood. Here we carry out a simulation study and...

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