The Number Needed to Treat: 25 Years of Trials and Tribulations in Clinical Research

The Number Needed to Treat: 25 Years of Trials and Tribulations in Clinical Research

The number needed to treat (NNT) is a simple measure of a treatment’s impact, increasingly reported in randomized trials and observational studies, but often incorrectly calculated in studies involving varying follow-up times. We discuss the NNT in these contexts and illustrate the concept using sev...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Samy Suissa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rambam Health Care Campus 2015-07-01
Series:Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
Subjects:
Biostatistics
effect measures
epidemiologic methods
observational studies
randomized controlled trials
treatment impact
Online Access:http://rmmj.org.il/Pages/ArticleHTM.aspx?manuId=508

Internet

http://rmmj.org.il/Pages/ArticleHTM.aspx?manuId=508

Similar Items