A philosophical perspective supports the need for patient-outcome studies in diagnostic test evaluation

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-61

  Sonke, Gabe S ^a   Verbeek, André L M ^a   Kiemeney, Lambertus A L M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiologic methods; Philosophy; Randomized controlled trials; Research design; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57449087928     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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