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Fig. 1 | BMC Medical Research Methodology

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From: Measuring clinical uncertainty and equipoise by applying the agreement study methodology to patient management decisions

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Reliability studies. Reliability studies of diagnostic tests assess the agreement among X clinicians for the diagnosis Y for each of the Z patients included in the study. The reliability studies of treatment decisions we propose use a similar methodology to study the agreement for management options. After asking X clinicians to choose one of the Y management options proposed for each of the Z patients, we can measure the agreement/uncertainty

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BMC Medical Research Methodology

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