The number needed to treat and relevant between-trial comparisons of competing interventions

The number needed to treat (NNT) is considered an intuitive as well as popular effect measure. The aims of this review were to 1) explain why we cannot compare trial-specific NNT estimates for the competing treatments evaluated in different randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and 2) outline the prin...

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Autores principales: Jansen, Jeroen P, Khalid, Javaria Mona, Smyth, Michael D, Patel, Haridarshan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6298880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30588048
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S180491

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6298880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30588048
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S180491

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