Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 6 EBP 0838 short lesson, about 20 seconds
When One Percent Is Worth Having
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The idea
Whether a small absolute difference is worth acting on depends on the outcome: a point of difference may be trivial for a mild, short-lived condition and substantial for a frequently fatal one.
In practice
The same absolute difference weighed differently for two conditions.
Where people slip
The number does not carry its own importance. What the outcome is decides that.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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