The number needed to treat¶
Cook, R. J., & Sackett, D. L. (1995). The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect. BMJ, 452-454.
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Mechanisms¶
- Absolute Risk Difference Translation
- Its strength is that it defeats relative-effect theater: by forcing the baseline into view it exposes when a dramatic percentage rides on a negligible absolute stake, and number-needed-to-treat gives clinicians and patients a graspable unit.
This sourceDefines number needed to treat as the inverse of absolute risk reduction and shows that its clinical meaning depends on baseline risk.
- Its strength is that it defeats relative-effect theater: by forcing the baseline into view it exposes when a dramatic percentage rides on a negligible absolute stake, and number-needed-to-treat gives clinicians and patients a graspable unit.
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