A note on Youden's J and its cost ratio

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Smits, Niels ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957204403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-89     Document Type: Article

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