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MeSH Heading: Numbers Needed To Treat
Tree Number(s): E05.581.500.902.500
Unique ID: D061366
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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.
Entry Term(s): Absolute Risk Reduction
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

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