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Screening Bias

Aka: Screening Bias, Selection Bias
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  1. See Also
    1. Screening Test
    2. Contingency Grid (includes Statistics Example)
    3. Test Sensitivity
    4. Test Specificity
    5. Negative Predictive Value
    6. Positive Predictive Value
    7. Likelihood Ratio
    8. Number Needed to Screen
    9. Length Bias
    10. Leadtime Bias
  2. Definition
    1. Patient Selection Bias
  3. Example: Healthier Patients with lower overall mortality
    1. Study volunteers
    2. Patients who volunteer for screening
  4. References
    1. Gates (2001) Am Fam Physician 63(3):513-22
    2. MacLean (1996) Med Clin North Am 80(1):1-14
    3. Nielsen (1999) Med Clin North Am 83(6):1323-37

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