risk-benefit

[risk-ben-uh-fit]

adjective

involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.

Origin of risk-benefit

First recorded in 1970–75

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Contemporary Examples of risk-benefit

The risk-benefit math becomes less favorable for the older patient.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Risky Heart Surgery
Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD
November 26, 2014
So we need to think about the risk-benefit ratio of every scan we do.
Are Routine Scans Causing Cancer?
Dale Eisinger
September 17, 2014