The use of "overall accuracy" to evaluate the validity of screening or diagnostic tests

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5 PART 1, 2004, Pages 460-465

  Alberg, Anthony J ^a   Park, Ji Wan ^a   Hager, Brant W ^a   Brock, Malcolm V ^b   Diener West, Marie ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diagnostic test; Research methods; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2442604536     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30091.x     Document Type: Review

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