Network Meta-analysis
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- 1 December 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Stata Journal: Promoting communications on statistics and Stata
- Vol. 15 (4), 951-985
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867x1501500403
Abstract
Network meta-analysis is a popular way to combine results from several studies (usually randomized trials) comparing several treatments or interventions. It has usually been performed in a Bayesian setting, but recently it has become possible in a frequentist setting using multivariate meta-analysis and meta-regression, implemented in Stata with mvmeta. I describe a suite of Stata programs for network meta-analysis that perform the necessary data manipulation, fit consistency and inconsistency models using mvmeta, and produce various graphics.Keywords
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