Screening programmes and the evaluation of screening tests using Stata and R
| dc.contributor.author | Girdler-Brown, B.V. (Brendan) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bastos, R.R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dzikiti, Loveness Nyaradzo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-07T05:26:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-04-07T05:26:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-07 | |
| dc.description.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. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | am2020 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.shsjournal.org/index.php/shsj | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Girdler-Brown, B.V., Bastos, R.R. & Dzikiti, L.N. 2019, 'Screening programmes and the evaluation of screening tests using Stata and R', Southern African Journal of Public Health, vol. 3, no. 3, pp, 49-55. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2312-9360 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.7196/SHS.2019.v3.i3.98 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74054 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Health and Medical Publishing Group | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | This article is protected by a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 4.0. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Screening programmes | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Screening tests | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Parameters | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Public health | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Screening programmes and the evaluation of screening tests using Stata and R | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |