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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Main Authors: Yakov Ben-Haim, Clifford C. Dacso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rambam Health Care Campus 2024-07-01
Series:Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://www.rmmj.org.il/issues/63/1879/manuscript