Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of diagnostic tests in combination: Is it important to allow for performance dependency?

Value in Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 536-541

  Novielli, Nicola ^a   Cooper, Nicola J ^a   Sutton, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conditional diagnostic accuracy; cost effectiveness; diagnostic tests; evidence synthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84879417761     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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