Implementing hierarchical network meta-analysis incorporating exchangeable dose effects compared to standard hierarchical network meta-analysis

Affiliations

• ¹ Knowledge Translation Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [email protected].
• ² Geriatric Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ³ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁴ O'Brien Institute of Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• ⁵ Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
• ⁶ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University-Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
• ⁷ MRC Clinical Trials Unit, University College London, London, UK.
• ⁸ Knowledge Translation Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁹ Department of Primary Education, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.