MEANING
The difference in an outcome attributable to a treatment or intervention relative to an alternative condition.
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The change in outcome attributable to an intervention.Use for the causal difference in outcomes associated with a treatment, specifying whose effect or which average is meant.
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The estimated treatment effect shrank when the comparison group was matched on baseline risk.
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- treatment effect
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