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Top Ten terms

1. study participants (subjects*, participants) — 235 views
   “The people included in a study” … (read more)
2. non-randomized study (non-experimental study, observational study,) — 209 views
   “A category of studies that does not use random allocation to assign participants to treatment comparison groups” … (read more)
3.   statistically significant — 202 views
   “A result that is unlikely to have happened by chance. The usual threshold for this judgement is a likelihood of less than 5%” … (read more)
4. treatment effect (clinical impact, estimate of effect, impact) — 197 views
   “Changes (increases or decreases) or differences in health outcomes as a result of treatments” … (read more)
5. research evidence (research findings, research results) — 186 views
   “The findings of studies, including systematic reviews” … (read more)
6. cost-effectiveness (cost-utility) — 183 views
   “The cost of a treatment in relation to its effects” … (read more)
7. utility value — 180 views
   “In health economic evaluations, a measure of the strength of preference for a specific health outcome” … (read more)
8. prognostic variable (prognostic marker) — 176 views
   “A characteristic or combination of characteristics known to be associated with the course of a health condition” … (read more)
9. evidence to decision framework (evidence to recommendation framework, EtD framework) — 163 views
   “A structured format for going from evidence to a decision that includes key background information, assessment criteria for making a decision and conclusions” … (read more)
10. play of chance (random error) — 162 views
    “In treatment comparisons, a type of error that may affect the results because too few events or outcomes have been observed to provide a reliable measure of the treatment effects” … (read more)