| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10514909 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2005 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Most tools to assess the quality of diagnostic accuracy studies do not start from a well-defined definition of quality. None has been systematically evaluated. The majority of existing systematic reviews fail to take differences in quality into account. Reviewers should consider quality as a possible source of heterogeneity.
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Authors
Penny Whiting, Anne W.S. Rutjes, Jacqueline Dinnes, Johannes B. Reitsma, Patrick M.M. Bossuyt, Jos Kleijnen,