Bias and precision of methods for estimating the difference in restricted mean survival time from an individual patient data meta-analysis.

Béranger LuezaFederico RotoloJulia BonastreJean-Pierre PignonStefan Michiels

Published in: BMC medical research methodology (2016)

We recommend the Pooled Kaplan-Meier method with DerSimonian-Laird random effects to estimate the difference in restricted mean survival time from an individual-patient data meta-analysis.

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