Chapter 7: Grading a body of evidence on diagnostic tests

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Sonal ^a,b   Chang, Stephanie M ^c   Matchar, David B ^d,e   Bass, Eric B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic tests; grades; health care intervention; publication bias

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; PUBLISHING; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLICATION BIAS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862645715     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2021-9     Document Type: Review

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