Methods Guide for Authors of Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: A Collaboration Between the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Journal of General Internal Medicine Gerald W. SmetanaCraig A. UmscheidDavid B. Matchar Editorials Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 1 - 3
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews David B. Matchar Health Policy Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 4 - 10
Chapter 2: Medical Tests Guidance (2) Developing the Topic and Structuring Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: Utility of PICOTS, Analytic Frameworks, Decision Trees, and Other Frameworks David SamsonKaren M. Schoelles Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 11 - 19
Chapter 3: Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test Jodi B. Segal Reviews Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 20 - 27
Chapter 4: Effective Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests Rose Relevo Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 28 - 32
Chapter 5: Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies P. Lina SantaguidaCrystal M. RileyDavid B. Matchar Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 33 - 38
Chapter 6: Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews K. E. HartmannD. B. MatcharS. Chang Reviews Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 39 - 46
Chapter 7: Grading a Body of Evidence on Diagnostic Tests Sonal SinghStephanie M. ChangEric B. Bass Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 47 - 55
Chapter 8: Meta-analysis of Test Performance When There is a “Gold Standard” Thomas A. TrikalinosCynthia M. BalionRongwei Fu Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 56 - 66
Chapter 9: Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a “Gold Standard” Thomas A. TrikalinosCynthia M. Balion Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 67 - 75
Chapter 10: Deciding Whether to Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests with Decision Modeling Thomas A. TrikalinosShalini KulasingamWilliam F. Lawrence Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 76 - 82
Chapter 11: Challenges in and Principles for Conducting Systematic Reviews of Genetic Tests used as Predictive Indicators Daniel E. JonasTimothy J. WiltDavid B. Matchar Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 83 - 93
Chapter 12: Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests Thomas S. RectorBrent C. TaylorTimothy J. Wilt Reviews Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 94 - 101