Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 3 , Pages 299-307 , March 2006

New methods give better estimates of changes in diagnostic accuracy when prior information is provided

  • Les Irwig

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, Building A 27, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61-2-9351-4370; fax: +61-2-9351-5049.
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  • Petra Macaskill

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, Building A 27, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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  • Stephen D. Walter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Nehmat Houssami

      Affiliations

    • Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, Building A 27, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia

,Accepted 18 August 2005.

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PII: S0895-4356(05)00334-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.08.013

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 59, Issue 3 , Pages 299-307 , March 2006

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