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The Effect of Alternative Summary Statistics for Communicating Risk Reduction on Decisions about Taking Statins: A Randomized Trial

BACKGROUND: While different ways of presenting treatment effects can affect health care decisions, little is known about which presentations best help people make decisions consistent with their own values. We compared six summary statistics for communicating coronary heart disease (CHD) risk reduct...

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Autores principales: Carling, Cheryl L. L., Kristoffersen, Doris Tove, Montori, Victor M., Herrin, Jeph, Schünemann, Holger J., Treweek, Shaun, Akl, Elie A., Oxman, Andrew D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2724738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19707575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000134