Chapter 3: Choosing the important outcomes for a systematic review of a medical test

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Segal, Jodi B ^a  

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

Author keywords

diagnostic tests; outcomes; systematic review

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

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

EID: 84862668339     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1802-x     Document Type: Review

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