Abstract
This project has produced an evidence based quality assessment tool to be used in systematic reviews of diagnostic accuracy studies. Further work to determine the usability and validity of the tool continues.
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Delphi methodDelphiSystematic reviewMedical physicsEvidence-based medicineQuality (philosophy)Computer scienceMEDLINEMedicineArtificial intelligencePathologyAlternative medicine
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- 2003
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- 3
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- 1
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- 25-25
- Citations
- 3586
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Penny Whiting,
Anne WS Rutjes,
Johannes B. Reitsma
et al.
(2003).
The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews.
BMC Medical Research Methodology
, 3
(1)
, 25-25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-3-25
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- DOI
- 10.1186/1471-2288-3-25