Glossary Term

NNT

Number Needed to Treat (NNT) is a clinical measure indicating how many patients must receive a treatment for one additional patient to benefit, derived from the absolute risk reduction in a trial.

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Related terms
NNH RR OR
Further reading
Wikipedia: Number Needed to Treat Browse the HEOR resource database

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