Relative risk reduction: Misinformative measure in clinical trials and COVID-19 vaccine efficacy

Treatment and vaccine efficacy in clinical trials are often reported in the media and medical journals as the relative risk reduction. The present article explains why the relative risk reduction is a misinformative measure that promotes disinformation when reporting efficacy in clinical research st...

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Main Author: Ronald B. Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Dialogues in Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772653322000740