The role of before-after studies of therapeutic impact in the evaluation of diagnostic technologies

Problems of Spectrum and Bias in Evaluating the Efficacy of Diagnostic Tests

David F. Ransohoff, Alvan R. Feinstein · New England Journal of Medicine · 1978 · 1.7K citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Internal Medicine +8

Evaluation of Right-Heart Catheterization in the Critically Ill Patient without Acute Myocardial Infarction

Alfred F. Connors, D. Robert McCaffree, B. A. Gray · New England Journal of Medicine · 1983 · 372 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiology +16

Diagnostic Efficacy of Impedance Plethysmography for Clinically Suspected Deep-Vein Thrombosis

Hull Rd, J Hirsh, Ockelford Pa et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1985 · 352 citations

Medicine, Internal Medicine, Physical Examination +14

Assessment of Diagnostic Technologies

Robert A. Greenes, Colin B. Begg · Investigative Radiology · 1985 · 294 citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Clinical Decision Support +13

An Additional Basic Science for Clinical Medicine: II. The Limitations of Randomized Trials

Alvan R. Feinstein · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1983 · 259 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Clinical Medicine +10