Variability in diagnostic accuracy can be estimated using simple population weighting

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-57

  Björk, Jonas ^a   Grubb, Anders ^a   Nyman, Ulf ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Trelleborg Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Routine sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; CREATININE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIET; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION GROUPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 57449094788     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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