The extent to which something actually works. In medicine this is a precise term and relates to the effect size (see below). Effectiveness of a specific treatment may be estimated from relevant research literature but many trials do not include patients with co-morbidity (there might be multiple exclusion criteria) and so the effect size may be less in a typical clinical setting.
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