Appropriate statistical methods are required to assess diagnostic tests for replacement, add-on, and triage

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 883-891

  Hayen, Andrew ^a   Macaskill, Petra ^a   Irwig, Les ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Diagnostic accuracy; Likelihood ratios; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BIOSTATISTICS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 77953612893     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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