Open AccessA Method of Decision Analysis Quantifying the Effects of Age and Comorbidities on the Probability of Deriving Significant Benefit from Medical Treatments
Author(s) -
Stephen P. Fitzgerald,
Nigel Bean,
Ravi P. Ruberu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of comorbidity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2235-042X
DOI - 10.15256/joc.2017.7.93
Subject(s) - generalizability theory , comorbidity , context (archaeology) , medicine , population , external validity , statistics , econometrics , mathematics , environmental health , paleontology , biology
The external validity, or generalizability, of trials and guidelines has been considered poor in the context of multiple morbidity. How multiple morbidity might affect the magnitude of benefit of a given treatment, and thereby external validity, has had little study.
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