From diagnostic accuracy to accurate diagnosis: Interpreting a test result with confidence

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-318

  Zou, Guangyong ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayes's theorem; Confidence interval; Delta method; Diagnostic accuracy; Likelihood ratios; Logit; Predictive values; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; STANDARD;

BAYES THEOREM; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2442714007     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X04265483     Document Type: Article

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