How is evidence on test performance synthesized for economic decision models of diagnostic tests? A systematic appraisal of health technology assessments in the UK since 1997

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 952-957

  Novielli, Nicola ^a   Cooper, Nicola J ^a   Abrams, Keith R ^a   Sutton, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision models; diagnostic test accuracy; economic evaluation; health technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650114968     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2010.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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