Evidence synthesis for decision making in healthcare / Nicky J. Welton ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Welton, Nicky J.

Series:

Statistics in practice.

Statistics in practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence-based medicine--Statistical methods.

Evidence-based medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the evaluation of healthcare, rigorous methods of quantitative assessment are necessary to establish interventions that are both effective and cost-effective. Usually a single study will not fully address these issues and it is desirable to synthesize evidence from multiple sources. This book aims to provide a practical guide to evidence synthesis for the purpose of decision making, starting with a simple single parameter model, where all studies estimate the same quantity (pairwise meta-analysis) and progressing to more complex multi-parameter structures (including meta-regression, mixe

Contents:

Introduction

Bayesian methods and winBUGS

Introduction to decision models

Meta-analysis using Bayesian methods

Exploring between study heterogeneity

Model critique and evidence consistency in random effects meta-analysis

Evidence synthesis in a decision modelling framework

Multi-parameter evidence synthesis in epidemiological models

Mixed treatment comparisons

Markov models

Generalised evidence synthesis

Expected value of information for research prioritisation and study design.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9786613620774

9781280590948

1280590947

9781118305409

111830540X

9781119942986

1119942985

9781119942979

1119942977

OCLC:

770696945