Survey revealed a lack of clarity about recommended methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1281-1288

  Ochodo, Eleanor A ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^b   Bossuyt, Patrick M ^a   Leeflang, Mariska M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy reviews; Diagnostic tests; Meta analysis; Meta analytical methods; Systematic reviews; Test accuracy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY REVIEWS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; META-ANALYSIS; META-ANALYTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; TEST ACCURACY;

DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84885018915     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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