Reporting 'number needed to treat' in meta-analyses: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 232-237

  Naing, Cho ^a   Aung, Kyan ^a   Mak, Joon Wah ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Methodology; Number needed to treat; Randomised controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETORICOXIB; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; RIVAROXABAN; TETRACAINE; VARENICLINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84870468360     PISSN: 17565383     EISSN: 17565391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jebm.12002     Document Type: Article

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