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doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7521.897.Simultaneous comparison of multiple treatments: combining direct and indirect evidence
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Simultaneous comparison of multiple treatments: combining direct and indirect evidence
Deborah M Caldwell et al. BMJ..
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How can policy makers decide which of five treatments is the best? Standard meta-analysis provides little help but evidence based decisions are possible
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