Uptake of newer methodological developments and the deployment of meta-analysis in diagnostic test research: a systematic review
Open Access
- 14 March 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Medical Research Methodology
- Vol. 11 (1), 27
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-27
Abstract
The last decade has seen a number of methodological developments in meta-analysis of diagnostic test studies. However, it is unclear whether such developments have permeated the wider research community and on which applications they are being deployed. The objective was to assess the uptake and deployment of the main methodological developments in the meta-analysis of diagnostic tests, and identify the tests and target disorders most commonly evaluated by meta-analysis.Keywords
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