PMU4 WHAT IS A GOOD OR BAD NUMBER NEED TO TREAT (NNT) VALUE? A LITERATURE REVIEW

Number needed to treat (NNT) in clinical literature: an appraisal

BACKGROUND The number needed to treat (NNT) is an absolute effect measure that has been used to assess beneficial and harmful effects of medical interventions. Several methods can be used to calculate NNTs, and they should be applied depending on the different study characteristics, such as the design and type of variable used to measure outcomes. Whether or not the most recommended methods hav...

Medical Errors Disclosure: Is It Good or Bad?

Background: In the treatment and health process, there are a lot of dangers to patients, and the increased number of medical errors is one of the most important circumstances of this process. Objective: The present research purposed to decrease medical errors through disclosure of them in hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. M...

Number needed to treat (NNT); number needed to harm (NNH).

Number needed to treat (NNT): implication in rheumatology clinical practice.

OBJECTIVE To calculate the number needed to treat (NNT) and number needed to harm (NNH) from the data in rheumatology clinical trials and systematic reviews. METHODS The NNTs for the clinically important outcome measures in the rheumatology systematic reviews from the Cochrane Library, issue 2, 2000 and in the original randomised, double blind, controlled trials were calculated. The measure u...

National Oil Companies : Good or Bad ? A Literature Survey