title: The meaning of life expectancy: what is a clinically significant gain?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Naimark
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Naglie
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Detsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D012107:Research Design; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome