Diagnostic tests often fail to lead to changes in patient outcomes

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 612-621

  Siontis, Konstantinos C ^a   Siontis, George C M ^b   Contopoulos Ioannidis, Despina G ^c,d   Ioannidis, John P A ^c,e  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Diagnostic odds ratio; Diagnostic tests; Empirical assessment; Patient outcomes; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ODDS RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EFFECT SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ODDS RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT OUTCOMES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84899505810     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.12.008     Document Type: Review

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