New diagnostic tests: more harm than good

Pages: j3314 - j3314
Published: Jul 18, 2017
Abstract
Although new diagnostics may advance the time of diagnoses in selected patients, they will increase the frequency of false alarms, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment in others. Bjorn Hofmann and H. Gilbert Welch explain how to minimise...
Paper Details
Title
New diagnostic tests: more harm than good
Published Date
Jul 18, 2017
Journal
Pages
j3314 - j3314
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