Predictive Value of Tests
"Predictive Value of Tests" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test.
| Descriptor ID |
D011237
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.780.800.650 N05.715.360.780.700.640 N06.850.520.445.800.650
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| 2018 | 1 | 29 | 30 |
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| 2021 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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