Diagnostic Testing and Prognosis: The Randomized Controlled Trial in Test Evaluation Research

The Evidence Base of Clinical Diagnosis: Theory and methods of diagnostic research: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 63-82

  Lijmer, Jeroen G ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^b  

^a Waterland Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative randomized designs; Basic RCT of single diagnostic test; Comparing test strategies; Diagnostic testing and prognosis; Flexible endoscopic valuation of swallowing with sensory testing (FEESST); Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR); Prognostic impact of tests evaluation; Randomizing abnormal test results; RCT of two tests randomizing only discordant results; treatment effect in test normals and treatment effect in test abnormals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877005030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444300574.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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