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...
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| Language: | English |
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Rambam Health Care Campus
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://rmmj.org.il/Pages/ArticleHTM.aspx?manuId=508 |