Decision making about healthcare-related tests and diagnostic test strategies. Paper 2: a review of methodological and practical challenges

Objectives In this first of a series of five articles, we provide an overview of how and why healthcare-related tests and diagnostic strategies are currently applied. We also describe how our findings can be integrated with existing frameworks for making decisions that guide the use of healthcare-related tests and diagnostic strategies. Study Design and Setting We searched MEDLINE, references of identified articles, chapters in relevant...