- ►annals.org [PDF] PA Halvorsen, R Selmer, IS Kristiansen - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007 - Am Coll Physicians Background: How physicians communicate the risks and benefits of medical care
may influence patients' choices. Ways to commu- nicate the benefits of
risk-reducing drug therapies include the num- ber needed to treat (NNT) to ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
R Korobkin - New England Journal of Medicine, 2007 - content.nejm.org Protection of the public from these risks typically takes two forms. Before such
products can be sold, manufacturers must satisfy the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) that they are safe and effective. Tort law — private ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
PA Halvorsen, IS Kristiansen - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2005 - Am Med Assoc Results The proportions consenting varied from 76% when the NNT was 50 to 67%
when the NNT was 1600 (P for trend = .06). When faced with the prospect of
avoiding lethal disease, stroke, myocardial infarction, or hip fracture, ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - All 11 versions
- ►nih.gov SL Sheridan, MP Pignone, CL Lewis - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2003 - Springer BACKGROUND: Commentators have suggested that patients may understand
quantitative information about treatment benefits better when they are presented
as numbers needed to treat (NNT) rather than as absolute or relative risk ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
IS Kristiansen, D Gyrd-Hansen, J Nexøe, JB … - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2002 - Elsevier Graphic representation was used to explore to what extent the number needed to
treat (NNT) conveys the appropriate notion of benefit for the individual patient
in interventions aimed at delaying adverse events. A sample of the Danish ... Cited by 58 - Related articles - All 9 versions
J Lubsen, A Hoes, D Grobbee - The Lancet, 2000 - Elsevier Results of trials are usually summarised by statements such as “total
mortality was 25% lower in the treated group”. Unfortunately, this statement
does not provide information on the reduction in absolute risk, the cost of ... Cited by 43 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
SL Sheridan, M Pignone - Effective clinical practice: ECP - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov CONTEXT: Although the ability to work with numbers is important to the practice
of medicine, little is known about physician numeracy (basic skill with
numbers). OBJECTIVE: To test medical students' numeracy and how it relates ... Cited by 64 - Related articles
