Network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies identifies and ranks the optimal diagnostic tests and thresholds for health care policy and decision-making
Network meta-analyses (NMA) have extensively been used to compare the effectiveness of multiple interventions for health care policy and decision-making. However, methods for evaluating the performance of multiple diagnostic tests are less established. In a decision-making context, we are often interested in comparing and ranking the performance of multiple diagnostic tests, at varying levels of test thresholds, in one simultaneous analysis.
Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Rhiannon K. Owen, Nicola J. Cooper, Terence J. Quinn, Rosalind Lees, Alex J. Sutton Tags: Original Article Source Type: research