The assessment of quality in medical diagnostic tests: A comparison of ROC/Youden and Taguchi methods

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 300-307

  Taner, Tolga ^a   Antony, Jiju ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical professions; Quality; Taguchi methods; Tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; ROC CURVE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; ROC CURVE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034577868     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860010378744     Document Type: Article

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