Letters
Risk illiteracy
Rather difficult calculations
BMJ 2011; 342 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d2577 (Published 21 April 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;342:d2577
- Paul J Park, general practitioner1
- 1Banbury Health Centre, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 5QD, UK
- pauljpark{at}hotmail.com
The screening calculation that Heath describes is rather difficult.1 I have a PhD in screening but it took me a few minutes of writing algebra on a scrap of paper to reach the answer (I …
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