title: Keeping apples and oranges separate: reassessing clinical trials that use composite end points as their primary outcome.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Brahmajee K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Nallamothu
authors.forename: Rodney A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hayward
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D023381:Endpoint Determination; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome