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GD Smith, M Egger - BMj, 1994 - bmj.com

Who benefits from medical interventions?.

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Smith, Egger

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The results of clinical trials are often expressed in relative terms-for example, a particular treatment reduces the risk of an adverse outcome by 40%. Yet knowing that the treatment reduces the risk of such an outcome from 5% to 3%(an absolute reduction of 2%) may be more …

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