@article{ref1,
title="What's more dangerous, your aspirin or your car? Thinking rationally about drug risks (and benefits)",
journal="Health affairs (Project Hope)",
year="2007",
author="Cohen, Joshua T. and Neumann, Peter J.",
volume="26",
number="3",
pages="636-646",
abstract="We compare mortality risks of several common drugs with risks related to work, transportation, and recreation. Comparing risks can provide a more intuitive sense of the magnitude of drug risks than stand-alone estimates can, to help inform policy discussions. The drug risks we quantify generally exceed the magnitude of risks for other domains (although aspirin and cars are similarly &quot;risky&quot; under the definition of risk used here). Nonetheless, these comparisons underscore a crucial point: that risks should not be evaluated without considering attendant benefits. We discuss the need for the Food and Drug Administration to compare risks and benefits quantitatively, consistently, and explicitly.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0278-2715",
doi="10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.636",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.26.3.636"
}