What is the test's accuracy in my practice population? Tailored meta-analysis provides a plausible estimate

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 847-854

  Willis, Brian H ^a   Hyde, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data interpretation, statistical; Decision making; Diagnosis tests, routine; Mass screening; Meta analysis; Models, statistical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATE MEDICINE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84932613240     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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