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Empirical evidence that disease prevalence may affect the performance of diagnostic tests with an implicit threshold: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects that prevalence has on the diagnostic performance of junior doctors in interpreting x-rays. DESIGN: Two-armed cross-sectional design using systematic sampling. SETTING: Emergency department in the UK. PARTICIPANTS: From a sample of 2593 patients (1434 men and 11...

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Autor principal:	Willis, Brian H
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Group 2012
Materias:	Diagnostics
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3274715/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22307105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000746

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