Inferences for likelihood ratios in the absence of a 'gold standard'

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 412-417

  Joseph, Lawrence ^a   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; diagnostic tests; epidemiologic methods; likelihood ratios; Monte Carlo methods; statistical models

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; SEROLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029818821     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9601600412     Document Type: Article

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