The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews

Whiting, Penny; WS Rutjes, Anne; B. Reitsma, Johannes; M. Bossuyt, Patrick; Kleijnen, Jos

doi:10.1186/1471-2288-3-25

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The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included in systematic reviews

Published in BMC Medical Research Methodology • Nov 10, 2003

Authors:

Penny Whiting

Anne WS Rutjes

Johannes B. Reitsma

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the era of evidence based medicine, with systematic reviews as its cornerstone, adequate quality assessment tools should be available. There is currently a lack of a systematically developed and evaluated tool for the assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. The aim of this project ...

Subject

Delphi method

Delphi

Systematic review

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