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pcnetmeta (version 2.3)

parkinson: Network Meta-Ananlysis on Parkinson's Disease

Description

An example of network meta-analysis for continuous outcomes.

Usage

data("parkinson")

Arguments

source

Dias S, Sutton AJ, Ades AE, and Welton NJ (2013). "Evidence synthesis for decision making 2: A generalized linear modeling framework for pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials." Med Decis Making 33(5), 607--617.

Details

The continuous outcome measures the off-time reduction in patients given dopamine agonists as adjunct therapy in Parkinson's disease. Treatment 1 is placebo and Treatments 2 to 5 are active drugs.