Number needed to treat and number needed to harm are not the best way to report and assess the results of randomised clinical trials

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-30

  Hutton, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute risk reduction; Baseline risk; Clinical trials; Meta analysis; Number needed to treat

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66949162912     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07707.x     Document Type: Review

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