A framework for clinical evaluation of diagnostic technologies.

Problems of Spectrum and Bias in Evaluating the Efficacy of Diagnostic Tests

1978 • 1,699 citations

A methodological framework for assessing health indices

1985 • 1,550 citations

Clinical biostatistics: LIV. The biostatistics of concordance

1981 • 1,120 citations

Selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests and procedures. Principles and applications.

1981 • 783 citations

The Declining Specificity of Exercise Radionuclide Ventriculography

1983 • 321 citations

An Additional Basic Science for Clinical Medicine: II. The Limitations of Randomized Trials

1983 • 257 citations

Psychologically Mediated Effects of Diagnostic Tests

1981 • 211 citations

Combined Use of Leg Scanning and Impedance Plethysmography in Suspected Venous Thrombosis

1977 • 183 citations

Cranial computed tomography in diagnosis and management of acute head trauma

1978 • 180 citations

Computerized cranial tomography. Effect on diagnostic and therapeutic plans

1977 • 165 citations

The value of lung cancer detection by six-monthly chest radiographs

1968 • 164 citations

A Randomized Trial of Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography with the Chiba Needle Versus Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography for Bile Duct Visualization in Jaundice

1976 • 137 citations

Economic analysis and clinical trials

1984 • 133 citations

The value of antenatal cardiotocography in the management of high‐risk pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial

1982 • 81 citations

Diagnostic evaluation of headache. Impact of computerized tomography and cost-effectiveness.

1980 • 76 citations

Outcome of endoscopy and barium radiography for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: controlled trial in 1037 patients.

1982 • 74 citations

E.M.I. SCAN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEAD INJURIES

1976 • 72 citations

An Additional Basic Science for Clinical Medicine: III. The Challenges of Comparison and Measurement

1983 • 65 citations

Policy Formulation and Technology Assessment

1981 • 49 citations

Observations on the medical efficacy of computed tomography of the chest and abdomen

1978 • 46 citations

Metadiagnosis

1983 • 40 citations

Ordering patterns and clinical impact of cardiovascular nuclear medicine procedures.

1980 • 40 citations

Computed Tomography of the Brain in Patients with Headache or Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

1977 • 33 citations

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH AN ABDOMINAL MASS: EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT?

1981 • 29 citations

AN EVALUATION OF MULTIPHASIC SCREENING ON ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL: PRECIS OF A REPORT TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

1962 • 25 citations

Clinical utility and management impact of M-mode echocardiography

1983 • 24 citations

Before-and-after comparisons: a cautionary role.

1979 • 6 citations

Controlled assessment of diagnostic techniques: methodological problems.

1983 • 5 citations