Lots of drug study results are being disseminated with a favourable spin
May 2004
Lots of drug study results are being disseminated with a favourable spin.
Presenting the SAME results in different ways...using different statistical methods...actually affects prescribing.
For example, physicians are more likely to prescribe simvastatin if told it reduces mortality by 30%...rather than it improves survival from 88.5% to 91.8%.
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