A randomized trial of ways to describe test accuracy: The effect on physicians' post-test probability estimates

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-189

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 23044481653     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-143-3-200508020-00004     Document Type: Article

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