Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing
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Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing
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In evidence-based medicine, likelihood ratios are used for assessing the value of performing a diagnostic test. They use the sensitivity and specificity of the test to determine whether a test result usefully changes the probability that a condition exists. The first description of the use of likelihood ratios for decision rules was made at a symposium on information theory in 1954. In medicine, likelihood ratios were introduced between 1975 and 1980.
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Likelihood ratios used for assessing the value of performing a diagnostic test
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2024-03-15T17:15:17Z
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