Meta-analysis and meta-modelling for diagnostic problems
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Meta-analysis and meta-modelling for diagnostic problems
BACKGROUND A proportional hazards measure is suggested in the context of analyzing SROC curves that arise in the meta-analysis of diagnostic studies. The measure can be motivated as a special model: the Lehmann model for ROC curves. The Lehmann model involves study-specific sensitivities and specificities and a diagnostic accuracy parameter which connects the two. METHODS A study-specific mod...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Research Methodology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-2288
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-56