Overview of different indirect comparison approaches and methods

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We specifically address the following points:

• Reasons for IC 
• The classical Bucher approach vs matching adjusted indirect comparisons (MAIC)
• How to incorporated meta-analyses
• Different network-meta-analyses approaches (NMA): Bayes vs Frequentist
• systematic literature reviews (SLR)
• Cochrane handbook
• Tools

• Visualizations
• Bias 
• Precision vs bias
• Pre-specified vs post-hoc
• Secondary vs primary endpoints
• Power of IC
• Publish detailed analyses
  
  Further references:
  PRISMA http://prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/
  
  Earlier podcast episode:
  Network meta-analyses: why, what, and how
  

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