Table 2.
Doctors | |||||
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Clearly better | Somewhat better | About the same | Somewhat worse | Clearly worse | |
Comprehensive information*, N = 242 | 27.7% | 42.1% | 29.3% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
Absolute survival (96% v. 94%), N = 245 | 7.8% | 44.1% | 41.2% | 5.3% | 1.6% |
Absolute mortality (4% v. 6%), N = 243 | 27.2% | 41.2% | 28.8% | 2.9% | 0.0% |
Relative mortality reduction (by one third), N = 224 | 67.0% | 26.8% | 5.8% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
Number needed to treat (50 to avoid 1 death), N = 239 | 34.3% | 47.3% | 16.3% | 1.3% | 0.8% |
Relative survival extension (by half), N = 245 | 60.4% | 31.4% | 7.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
Patients | |||||
Clearly better | Somewhat better | About the same | Somewhat worse | Clearly worse | |
Comprehensive information*, N = 264 | 23.5% | 47.7% | 24.8% | 2.3% | 1.9% |
Absolute survival (96% v. 94%), N = 286 | 14.7% | 37.1% | 36.4% | 8.7% | 3.1% |
Absolute mortality (4% v. 6%), N = 298 | 20.8% | 46.0% | 27.5% | 3.0% | 2.7% |
Relative mortality reduction (by one third), N = 271 | 48.0% | 41.3% | 7.7% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
* Absolute survival, absolute mortality, and relative mortality reduction