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All tests have false positives and false negatives. Whether we explicitly say it or not, most clinical decision making algorithms are based on a Bayesian approa
by fifteenforty 5y ago
All tests have false positives and false negatives. Whether we explicitly say it or not, most clinical decision making algorithms are based on a Bayesian approach.
If you have next to no risk of a disease, don’t get tested for it. You might get treated for it!
- aeternum 5y ago>If you have next to no risk of a disease, don’t get tested for it. You might get treated for it! If this is true, then clinical decision makers don't understand or are not correctly applying Bayesian priors.