Number needed to treat. Number who benefit per unit of treatment may be a more appropriate measure
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- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6989.1270
Number needed to treat. Number who benefit per unit of treatment may be a more appropriate measure
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The number needed to treat: a clinically useful measure of treatment effect.BMJ. 1995 Feb 18;310(6977):452-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.310.6977.452. BMJ. 1995. PMID: 7873954 Free PMC article.
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