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Have the disease, but tests says they don't | Have the disease, but tests says they don't | ||
==Positive Predictive Value== | ==[[Positive Predictive Value]]== | ||
Proportion of people with disease who have a positive test | Proportion of people with disease who have a positive test | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 29 September 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Incidence
New cases per year or over a period of time
Prevalence
How many people have the disease at a snapshot in time
Diagnostic Tests
Sensitivity
Specificity
False Positive
Don't have the disease, but test indicates they do
False Negative
Have the disease, but tests says they don't
Positive Predictive Value
Proportion of people with disease who have a positive test
Negative Predictive Value
Proportion of people with a negative test don't have the disease