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Estimating The Sensitivity Of A Screening Test | |
File name | Estimating The Sensitivity Of A Screening Test |
File Description | The purpose of this note is to draw attention to an estimate of the sensitivity of a screening test for the early detection of disease which is in common use and appears to be incorrect. The usual definition of the sensitivity of a screening test is in terms of the following schematic two by two table.In the year after screening, incident cases of disease will consist ofthose cases in the PCDP at screening but missed, and those cases whose PCDP began after the screening test, with duration less than a year. |
Category Name | Public Health |
Subject Name | Special Epidemiology |
Module Name | Screening |
Micro Category Name | Sensitivity of a screening test |
Level | Masters |
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