Multicenter Screening Test Evaluation
A multicenter screening test evaluation measures the diagnostic accuracy of a screening test — its sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and ROC-curve area — by enrolling participants across two or more independent clinical sites. Conducting the study at multiple centers broadens the patient spectrum, tests generalizability across different laboratory conditions and patient populations, and produces more externally valid accuracy estimates than a single-center study.
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- Bossuyt, P. M., Reitsma, J. B., Bruns, D. E., Gatsonis, C. A., Glasziou, P. P., Irwig, L. M., Lijmer, J. G., Moher, D., Rennie, D., & de Vet, H. C. W. (2003). Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: The STARD Initiative. Annals of Internal Medicine, 138(1), 40-44. · DOI 10.7326/0003-4819-138-1-200301070-00010
- Lijmer, J. G., Mol, B. W., Heisterkamp, S., Bonsel, G. J., Prins, M. H., van der Meulen, J. H., & Bossuyt, P. M. (1999). Empirical evidence of design-related bias in studies of diagnostic tests. JAMA, 282(11), 1061-1066. · DOI 10.1001/jama.282.11.1061
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