PHARMCARE 5: The effectiveness of a diagnostic (or screening) technology can be determined along a chain of inquiry that leads from technical capacity of a technology to changes in patient health outcomes to cost effectiveness (where relevant to decision makers), as follows

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The effectiveness  of a diagnostic (or screening) technology can be determined along a chain of inquiry that leads from technical capacity of a technology to changes in patient health outcomes to cost effectiveness (where relevant to decision makers), as follows

LEIGHTON DWIGHT OBILLOS · Accepted Answer

1 Technical capacity
2 Diagnostic accuracy
3 Diagnostic impact
4 Therapeutic impact
5 Patient outcome
6 Cost effectiveness

PHARMCARE 5

The effectiveness of a diagnostic (or screening) technology can be determined along a chain of inquiry that leads from technical capacity of a technology to changes in patient health outcomes to cost effectiveness (where relevant to decision makers), as follows

1 Technical capacity 2 Diagnostic accuracy 3 Diagnostic impact 4 Therapeutic impact 5 Patient outcome 6 Cost effectiveness

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