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Pragmatic diagnostic accuracy study

A pragmatic diagnostic accuracy study evaluates how well a diagnostic test performs under real-world clinical conditions — not in idealized, tightly controlled settings. Conducted within routine care workflows, it measures sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and likelihood ratios for an index test against a reference standard, yielding accuracy estimates directly applicable to clinical practice rather than laboratory benchmarks.

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Pragmatic Diagnostic Accuracy Study
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / epidemiology
  • Bossuyt, P. M., et al. (2015). STARD 2015: An Updated List of Essential Items for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies. BMJ, 351, h5527. · DOI 10.1136/bmj.h5527
  • Schilling, I., & Burchardt, M. (2018). Pragmatic diagnostic accuracy studies: bridging the gap between explanatory trials and routine practice. Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 2(1), 14. · URL
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