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Descriptor English: Numbers Needed To Treat
Descriptor Spanish: Números Necesarios a Tratar
Descriptor números necesarios para tratar
Scope note: Número de pacientes que necesitan ser tratados para evitar un mal resultado adicional. Es la inversa de la Reducción del Riesgo Absoluto.
Descriptor Portuguese: Números Necessários para Tratar
Descriptor French: Nombre de sujets à traiter
Entry term(s): Absolute Risk Reduction
Absolute Risk Reductions
Reduction, Absolute Risk
Reductions, Absolute Risk
Risk Reduction, Absolute
Risk Reductions, Absolute
Tree number(s): E05.581.500.902.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D061366
Scope note: Number of patients who need to be treated in order to prevent one additional bad outcome. It is the inverse of Absolute Risk Reduction.
Allowable Qualifiers: LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
DeCS ID: 54732
Unique ID: D061366
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Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Numbers Needed To Treat - Preferred
Concept UI M0557099
Scope note Number of patients who need to be treated in order to prevent one additional bad outcome. It is the inverse of Absolute Risk Reduction.
Preferred term Numbers Needed To Treat
Absolute Risk Reduction - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0557100
Scope note The difference in rates of bad outcomes between experimental and control participants in a trial.
Preferred term Absolute Risk Reduction
Entry term(s) Absolute Risk Reductions
Reduction, Absolute Risk
Reductions, Absolute Risk
Risk Reduction, Absolute
Risk Reductions, Absolute



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