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9415348

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
A number of criteria have been postulated that a screening test should fulfill in order for it to be a good or worthwhile screening tool. However, it is a rare test which fulfills all the criteria that have been thought to be important. Therefore, there always exists some form of trade-off between, for example, the detection rate and the false-positive rate and cost. It is the magnitude and form of these trade-offs, which differ for each screening test, that are important, not whether a test fulfills some arbitrary set of criteria. In this paper, we describe some of the trade-offs which occur when appraising a screening test and we argue that listing arbitrary criteria is an unhelpful activity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1460-2725
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
649-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Estimating the cost effectiveness of screening tests.
pubmed:affiliation
National Primary Care Research & Development Centre, University of York, York, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't