Diagnosis in primary care: Probabilistic reasoning

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-173

  Arroll, Bruce ^a   Allan MD, G M ^b   Raina Elley, C ^a   Kenealy, Ttim ^a   McCormack, James ^c   Hudson, Ben ^d   Hoare, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Likelihood ratio; Pre test and post test probability; Probabilistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862492752     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc12166     Document Type: Article

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