Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Numbers Needed To Treat

Number of patients who need to be treated in order to prevent one additional bad outcome. It is the inverse of Absolute Risk Reduction.

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Abstract

Number of patients who need to be treated in order to prevent one additional bad outcome. It is the inverse of Absolute Risk Reduction.

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6 entry terms
  • Absolute Risk Reduction
  • Absolute Risk Reductions
  • Reduction, Absolute Risk
  • Reductions, Absolute Risk
  • Risk Reduction, Absolute
  • Risk Reductions, Absolute

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4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2012

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  1. E05.581w.500w.902.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Numbers Needed To Treat. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D061366. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D061366
  2. Numbers Needed To Treat. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_needed_to_treat
  3. Numbers Needed To Treat. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q614132