Guide to Clinical Preventive ServicesDIANE Publishing, 1993 - 295 pages A report on recommended clinical preventive services that should be provided to patients in the course of routine clinical care, including screening for vascular, neoplastic and infectious diseases, and metabolic, hematologic, ophthalmologic and ontologic, prenatal, and musculoskeletal disorders. Also, mental disorders and substance abuse, counseling, and immunizations/chemoprophylaxis. Tables. |
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... positive results that may result in unnecessary diagnostic testing and treatment . Many tests that lack evidence of improved clinical out- come have the additional disadvantage of being expensive , especially when performed on large num ...
... positive results that may result in unnecessary diagnostic testing and treatment . Many tests that lack evidence of improved clinical out- come have the additional disadvantage of being expensive , especially when performed on large num ...
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... than without screening and with sufficient accuracy to avoid producing large numbers of false - positive and false - negative results ( efficacy of screening test ) . Persons with disease who are detected early should have a Overview.
... than without screening and with sufficient accuracy to avoid producing large numbers of false - positive and false - negative results ( efficacy of screening test ) . Persons with disease who are detected early should have a Overview.
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... positive and negative predictive value ( Fig- ure 2 ) . Sensitivity refers to the proportion of per- sons with a condition who correctly test " positive " when screened . A test with poor sensitivity will miss cases ( persons with the ...
... positive and negative predictive value ( Fig- ure 2 ) . Sensitivity refers to the proportion of per- sons with a condition who correctly test " positive " when screened . A test with poor sensitivity will miss cases ( persons with the ...
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... positive label- ing , routine ultrasound screening of the general population would be costly and could divert limited resources needed for other more effective health care services . Under these circumstances , the Task Force required ...
... positive label- ing , routine ultrasound screening of the general population would be costly and could divert limited resources needed for other more effective health care services . Under these circumstances , the Task Force required ...
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... Positive Predictive Value Negative Predictive Value a a + b d c + d Figure 3. Positive Predictive Value ( PPV ) and Prevalence. Term Figure 2. Definition of Terms Definition Methodology Sensitivity Proportion of persons with condition ...
... Positive Predictive Value Negative Predictive Value a a + b d c + d Figure 3. Positive Predictive Value ( PPV ) and Prevalence. Term Figure 2. Definition of Terms Definition Methodology Sensitivity Proportion of persons with condition ...
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