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by nickprins 1275 days ago
There is a corresponding measure - number needed to harm (NNH).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_needed_to_harm

TheNNT also highlights treatments where the evidence for benefit isn’t clear (or controversial), e.g. thrombolytics in stroke.

https://www.thennt.com/nnt/thrombolytics-for-stroke/

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it shouldn’t be a separate quantity. we should they should be discussed cumulatively at all times.