Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 6 EBP 0832 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Absolute Risk Reduction
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The idea
Absolute risk reduction is the risk difference when an undesirable outcome is less likely in the intervention group than in the comparison group.
In practice
An intervention lowering an event rate by a stated number of percentage points.
Where people slip
Reduction and increase are the same subtraction, named by which direction it went.
Your place on the trail
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