Research output per year
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Sofia Dias*, Nicky J Welton, Alex J. Sutton, A E Ades
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
We introduce the series of 7 tutorial papers on evidence synthesis methods for decision making, based on the Technical Support Documents in Evidence Synthesis prepared for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Decision Support Unit. Although oriented to NICE's Technology Appraisal process, which examines new pharmaceutical products in a cost-effectiveness framework, the methods presented throughout the tutorials are equally relevant to clinical guideline development and to comparisons between medical devices, or public health interventions. Detailed guidance is given on how to use the other tutorials in the series, which propose a single evidence synthesis framework that covers fixed and random effects models, pairwise meta-analysis, indirect comparisons, and network meta-analysis, and where outcomes expressed in several different reporting formats can be analyzed without recourse to normal approximations. We describe the principles of evidence synthesis required by the 2008 revision of the NICE Guide to the Methods of Technology Appraisal and explain how the approach proposed in these tutorials was designed to conform to those requirements. We finish with some suggestions on how to present the evidence, the synthesis methods, and the results.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 597-606 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Medical Decision Making |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2013 |
Research output: Contribution to conference › Other Conference Contribution › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Welton, N. J. (Principal Investigator)
4/05/09 → 4/11/13
Project: Research
Blazeby, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/09 → 1/04/14
Project: Research
Dias, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Invited talk
Dias, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Welton, N. J. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course