Decision making about healthcare-related tests and diagnostic test strategies. Paper 1: a new series on testing to improve people's health

Over three decades ago, authors suggested that the use of healthcare-related tests must lead to a net health benefit beyond knowing about the presence or absence of disease [ 1 Knottnerus J. Buntinx F. The evidence base of clinical diagnosis: theory and methods of diagnostic research. 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell Pub./BMJ Books, Oxford2009 Google Scholar , 2 Köbberling J. Trampisch H.J. Windeler J. Memorandum for the evaluation of diagnostic...