English to Russian Medical Mathematics & Statistics Medical Handbook (Infant Neurology)

(Evidence-Based Medicine)

Quantitative evidence does not require a single decision based on acceptance or rejection of a single hypothesis, but rather a decision about which intervention is likely to provide most benefit. At this level, one needs to consider the beliefs and values of the patient. Although it is rare to elicit explicit *****mathematical utilities for a potential outcome***** or event, it is possible to make tacit judgements that combine quantitative data about the probability of outcomes with the patient or family's ideas about the impact of such outcomes.

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