Interpreting PPV and NPV of Diagnostic Tests with Uncertain Prevalence
Objective: Medical decision-making is often uncertain. The positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) are conditional probabilities characterizing diagnostic tests and assessing diagnostic interventions in clinical medicine and epidemiology. The PPV is the probability that a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Rambam Health Care Campus
2024-07-01
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Series: | Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | https://www.rmmj.org.il/issues/63/1879/manuscript |