title: Minimal clinically important difference (MCID)--adding meaning to statistical inference.
authors.affiliation: Linda S. Chan is with the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Linda S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D035703:Therapies, Investigational; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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