Public health
Screening programmes and the evaluation of screening tests using Stata and R
Abstract
This article describes the commonly recognised criteria for establishing a mass screening programme. In addition, the article describes commonly used parameters for assessing the performance of public health screening tests. The calculation of the parameters is described. Stata commands, and R code, are also supplied to assist readers with the estimation of these parameters using Stata or R. This article does not include the evaluation of diagnostic tests.
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B V Girdler-Brown, School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa
R R Bastos, Department of Statistics, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, São Pedro, Brazil
L N Dzikiti, School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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Date published: 2019-07-11
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