title: Number needed to treat is a simple measure of treatment efficacy for clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Fargo, USA.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Rajkumar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sampathkumar
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Gustafson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome