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Research type: |
Methodology |
Title (lead author) etc: |
Evaluation of diagnostic tests when there is no gold standard. A review of methods (Rutjes) 72 pages, Volume 11, number 50 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta11500 |
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Headline: |
Study finds that when evaluating diagnostic tests with no acceptable reference standard, applying the concept of a clinical test validation can provide a significant methodological advantage over the traditional test accuracy paradigm. |
Special notes |
Commissioned under the Research Methodology Programme as Project RM04/JH21/KK. |
Project ref: |
06/90/23 |
Original project title: |
A systematic review of methods to evaluate tests when there is no gold standard: generating guidance for researchers with illustrative examples |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Khalid Khan, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Birmingham |
Start Date: |
October 2005. |
Publication date: |
November 2007 |
Cost: |
£30,000 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
(*National Research Register) |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
138 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
Downloads/Views of electronic version from website: |
0 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 15th October 2008. |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1573 |
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