Accounting for misclassification bias of binary outcomes due to underscreening: a sensitivity analysis
Abstract Background Diagnostic tests are performed in a subset of the population who are at higher risk, resulting in undiagnosed cases among those who do not receive the test. This poses a challenge for estimating the prevalence of the disease in the study population, and also for studying the risk...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0447-9 |