How heterogeneity has been examined in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy
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A methodological review of how heterogeneity has been examined in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy.
OBJECTIVES To review how heterogeneity has been examined in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies. DATA SOURCES Centre for Reviews and Dissemination's Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE). REVIEW METHODS Systematic reviews that evaluated a diagnostic or screening test by including studies that compared a test with a reference test were identified from DARE. Re...
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تاریخ انتشار 2005