Simple presentation of test accuracy may lead to inflated disease probabilities [2]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7385, 2003, Pages 393-394

  Bachmann, Lucas M ^a   Steurer, Johann ^a   Ter Riet, Gerben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037442640     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Steurer J, Fischer JE, Bachmann LM, Koller M, ter Riet G. Communicating accuracy of tests to general practitioners: a controlled study. BMJ 2002;324:824-6.