Trade-off between benefit and harm is crucial in health screening recommendations. Part I: General principles

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Dans, Leonila F ^a   Silvestre, Maria Asuncion A ^a   Dans, Antonio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Confirmatory test; Diagnostic test; Health screening; Preventive medicine; Screening strategy; Screening test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751645621     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.09.009     Document Type: Review

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