Measuring the impact of screening automation on meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy

ConclusionScreening prioritization coupled with stopping criteria in diagnostic test accuracy reviews can reliably detect when the screening process has identified a sufficient number of studies to perform the main meta-analysis with an accuracy within pre-specified tolerance limits. However, many of the systematic reviews did not identify a sufficient number of studies that the meta-analyses were accurate within a 2% limit even with exhaustive manual screening, i.e., using current practice.
Source: Systematic Reviews - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research