General Introduction: Evaluation of Diagnostic Procedures

The Evidence Base of Clinical Diagnosis: Theory and methods of diagnostic research: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-19

  Knottnerus, J André ^a,b   Buntinx, Frank ^a,c,d   Van Weel, Chris ^e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Health Council of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development of diagnostic technologies and funding; Diagnostic procedures and methodological challenges; Diagnostic technology assessment; Discriminatory power of test and "gold" standard problem; Dominance of prevailing reference standards; Evidence base of clinical diagnosis; Observer variability and observer bias; Performance of tests evaluated with their intended objectives; Spectrum and selection bias; Synthesizing research findings and clinical expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651256430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444300574.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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