Chapter 6: Assessing applicability of medical test studies in systematic reviews

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Hartmann, K E ^a,e   Matchar, D B ^b,c   Chang, S ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

applicability; diagnostic test; prognostic test; screening test; systematic evidence review

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SECULARISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREND STUDY;

ABBREVIATIONS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862681310     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1961-9     Document Type: Review

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