Summary statistics - absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat

An episode of the Pharmacy Microteaches podcast, hosted by Dave Abbott, titled "Summary statistics - absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat" was published on July 15, 2021 and runs 9 minutes.

July 15, 2021 ·9m · Pharmacy Microteaches

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Summary

How and why do we use summary statistics to explain clinical trials, and why are some statistics better than others for helping us understand what a drug might do? In this podcast, we talk about absolute risks, absolute risk reductions, and number needed to treat, and why they tend to be better statistics to use for understanding compared to odds, odds ratios and relative risk reductions.

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How and why do we use summary statistics to explain clinical trials, and why are some statistics better than others for helping us understand what a drug might do? In this podcast, we talk about absolute risks, absolute risk reductions, and number needed to treat, and why they tend to be better statistics to use for understanding compared to odds, odds ratios and relative risk reductions.

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