Application of weighting methods for presenting risk-of-bias assessments in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies

Abstract Background An assessment of the validity of individual diagnostic accuracy studies in systematic reviews is necessary to guide the analysis and the interpretation of results. Such an assessment is performed for each included study and typically reported at the study level. As studies may di...

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Main Authors: Yasaman Vali, Mariska M. G. Leeflang, Patrick M. M. Bossuyt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01744-z