An improved measure for comparing diagnostic tests

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-96

  Adams, Niall M ^a   Hand, David J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Misdiagnosis costs; ROC curve analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEART DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034653756     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(99)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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