title: Exaggeration of treatment benefits using the "event-based" number needed to treat.
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. saaron@ohri.ca
authors.forename: Shawn D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Aaron
authors.forename: Dean A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fergusson
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018401:Sample Size