Consistency and inconsistency in network meta-analysis: concepts and models for multi-arm studies

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Summary

It is proposed that the notion of design-by-treatment interaction provides a useful general framework for investigating inconsistency and successfully addresses complications that arise from the presence of multi-arm trials in an evidence network, and introduces novel graphical methods for depicting networks of evidence.

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2012-06-01
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Computer science, Consistency (knowledge bases), Meta-analysis, Set (abstract data type), Econometrics

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