Numbers Needed To Treat

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Numbers Needed To Treat

"Numbers Needed To Treat" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Number of patients who need to be treated in order to prevent one additional bad outcome. It is the inverse of Absolute Risk Reduction.

Descriptor ID	D061366
MeSH Number(s)	E05.581.500.577 E05.581.500.902.500
Concept/Terms	Numbers Needed To Treat Numbers Needed To Treat Absolute Risk Reduction Absolute Risk Reduction Absolute Risk Reductions Reduction, Absolute Risk Reductions, Absolute Risk Risk Reduction, Absolute Risk Reductions, Absolute

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Numbers Needed To Treat".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Methods [E05.581]
Research Design [E05.581.500]
Numbers Needed To Treat [E05.581.500.577]
Sample Size [E05.581.500.902]
Numbers Needed To Treat [E05.581.500.902.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Numbers Needed To Treat".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Numbers Needed To Treat".

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