Accuracy and cost comparison in medical testing using sequential testing strategies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 29, 2011, Pages 3416-3430

  Ahmed, Anwar E ^a   Mcclish, Donna K ^a   Schubert, Christine M ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Believe the extreme (BE); Believe the negative (BN); Believe the positive (BP); Cost of testing; ROC; Sequential testing

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BELIEVE THE EXTREME; BELIEVE THE NEGATIVE; BELIEVE THE POSITIVE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOGIC; MAXIMUM RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; OPTIMAL OPERATING POINT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959564213     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.4358     Document Type: Article

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