Difference between revisions of "Number Needed to Spoon (NNS)"
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| − | The '''number needed to spoon''' (or NNS) is the average number of patients who need to be [[Spatula|spooned]] to prevent one additional bad outcome. | + | The '''number needed to spoon''' (or NNS) is the average number of patients who need to be [[Spatula|spooned]] to prevent one additional bad outcome.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/07/local-er-offering-pain-meds-freebased-heated-spoon-injected/ Local ER Offering Pain Meds Freebased, or Heated on a Spoon and Injected (Gomerblog)]</ref> |
'''Related Terms''' | '''Related Terms''' | ||
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- [[Number Needed to Treat (NNT)]] | - [[Number Needed to Treat (NNT)]] | ||
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- [[Number Needed to Karaoke (NNK)]] | - [[Number Needed to Karaoke (NNK)]] | ||
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- [[Standard Deviation]] | - [[Standard Deviation]] | ||
Revision as of 09:56, 4 July 2017
The number needed to spoon (or NNS) is the average number of patients who need to be spooned to prevent one additional bad outcome.[1]
Related Terms
- Number Needed to Treat (NNT)
- Number Needed to Chastise (NNC)
- Number Needed to Karaoke (NNK)
- P Value
- Z Test
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