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. 2011 Oct 3;343:d5888. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d5888

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Fig 4 Decision curve: graphical representation of net benefit. For large values of numbers willing to treat (NWT), the net benefit of treating all patients is about equal to the net benefit of prediction based treatment. The net benefit of treating all patients becomes negative if the NWT is less than 20, whereas the net benefit of prediction based treatment is still positive for a NWT of 20 and converges to zero for smaller values of NWT