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Decision making about healthcare-related tests and diagnostic test strategies. Paper 2: a review of methodological and practical challenges

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: In this first of a series of five articles, we provide an overview of how and why healthcare-related tests and diagnostic strategies are currently applied. We also describe how our findings can be integrated with existing frameworks for making decisions that guide the use of healthcare-related tests and diagnostic strategies. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We searched MEDLINE, references of identified articles, chapters in relevant …

Authors

Mustafa RA; Wiercioch W; Cheung A; Prediger B; Brozek J; Bossuyt P; Garg AX; Lelgemann M; Büehler D; Schünemann HJ

Journal

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 92, , pp. 18–28

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

December 2017

DOI

10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.09.003

ISSN

0895-4356