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Pooling data for Number Needed to Treat: no problems for apples

OBJECTIVE: To consider the problem of the calculation of number needed to treat (NNT) derived from risk difference, odds ratio, and raw pooled events shown to give different results using data from a review of nursing interventions for smoking cessation. DISCUSSION: A review of nursing interventions...

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Autores principales: Moore, R Andrew, Gavaghan, David J, Edwards, Jayne E, Wiffen, Phillip, McQuay, Henry J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC65633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11860605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-2-2