Adjusted indirect comparison may be less biased than direct comparison for evaluating new pharmaceutical interventions.

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on November 28, 2007

Authors

F Song1, I Harvey, R Lilford

Author Affiliations

1: School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, UK. fujian.song@uea.ac.uk

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