Using individual patient data to adjust for indirectness did not successfully remove the bias in this case of comparative test accuracy

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10513639	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	2015	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Estimates of comparative accuracy obtained through indirect comparisons are not always consistent with those obtained through direct comparisons. Using IPD to adjust for indirectness did not successfully remove the bias in this case study.

Keywords

Sensitivity and specificity individual patient data diagnostic test accuracy generalized estimating equation receiver operating characteristic

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Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Public Health and Health Policy

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Using individual patient data to adjust for indirectness did not successfully remove the bias in this case of comparative test accuracy

Authors

Junfeng Wang, Patrick Bossuyt, Ronald Geskus, Aeilko Zwinderman, Madeleine Dolleman, Simone Broer, Frank Broekmans, Ben Willem Mol, Mariska Leeflang, IMPORT Study Group IMPORT Study Group,