Using absolute risks to assess the risks and benefits of treatment
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Using absolute risks to assess the risks and benefits of treatment.
Health providers and their patients are accustomed to taking risks and benefits into account when deciding whether or not to use a particular treatment. In some instances the choice is clear cut, as when the treatment has few side effects or the patient has a strong aversion to a particular health outcome. When an intervention has favourable effects on some health outcomes and unfavourable effe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0040-6376,1468-3296
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205175