Copresentation of relative and absolute effects is essential to promote optimal interpretability of treatment effects

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 355-356

  Busse, Jason W ^a,b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE RISK REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

HUMANS;

EID: 84923638975     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.11.012     Document Type: Note

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