Stepwise diagnostic workup in general practice as a consequence of the Bayesian reasoning;Zur notwendigkeit einer abgestuften diagnostik in der allgemeinmedizin als konsequenz des Bayes'schen theorems

Zeitschrift fur Arztliche Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-127

  Schneider, Antonius ^a   Dinant, Geert Jan ^b   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; General practice; Predictive values; Prevalence; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645913537     PISSN: 14317621     EISSN: 16180992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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