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472235

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Diagnostic tests are usually evaluated for their informational content and effect on health outcomes. Yet patient attitudes toward taking risks and the morbid sequelae associated with either the diagnostic test or its consequences are seldom considered. The authors present a prototypical model which incorporates patient attitudes into the evaluative process. Based on traditional indices of test efficacy, preoperative searches for occult metastases in patients with presumably operable bronchogenic carcinoma should never be performed. However, if patient attitudes toward perioperative death are considered, many should have preoperative staging tests. The exact percentage of patients benefiting from testing varies with test sensitivity and specificity. This integrative approach is appropriate for oncologic patients who frequently undergo treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
132
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
605-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
The patient's role in assessing the value of diagnostic tests.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.