Test-indication curves

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-106

  Bernstein, Joseph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Two Silverstein Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

laboratory tests; test indication curves; treatment thresholds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031024235     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9701700112     Document Type: Article

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