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Why do we need randomized trials?
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In clinical practice, the patients who receive a
treatment differ in many respects from those who
do not
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So, if we compare outcomes in patients who
did/did not receive a treatment, there will be
many factors that differ between the two groups
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The
only
way to obtain reliable comparisons of the
effects of medical treatments is to randomize
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