# description
Types of combining results from a body of evidence (eg. summary data meta-analysis).

# concept[].definition
A meta-analysis of the summary data of estimates from individual studies or data sets.

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A meta-analysis of the individual participant data from individual studies or data sets.

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An indirect meta-analysis derived from 2 or more direct comparisons in a network meta-analysis.

# concept[].display
combined direct plus indirect network meta-analysis

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An composite meta-analysis derived from direct comparisons and indirect comparisons in a network meta-analysis.

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A range of results across a body of evidence.

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An approach describing a body of evidence by categorically classifying individual studies (eg 3 studies showed beneft and 2 studied found no effect).