Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods for Optimal Treatment Selection in Network Meta-Analysis.

Published in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2022)

Multicriteria decision-making methods can be implemented in network meta-analysis to indicate compromise interventions.The TOPSIS, VIKOR, and PROMETHEE methods can be used for optimal treatment selection when conflicting outcomes are evaluated.The weights of outcomes can be defined objectively or subjectively, reflecting the priorities of the decision maker.

Keyphrases

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