Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
glossary

Number Needed to Harm (NNH)

This is calculated in the same way as for number needed to treat (NNT), but used to describe adverse events. For NNH, large numbers are good, because they mean that adverse events are rare. Small values for NNH are bad, because they mean adverse events are common.

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