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- When more than two diagnostic studies can be combined while having the same population, diagnostic test, and outcome measures.
- More than two diagnostic studies can be combined while having the same population, diagnostic test, and outcome measures.
Diagnostic meta-analyses combine previous studies evaluating diagnostic properties of a given test and then evaluating their heterogeneity and generating a single metric.
- Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies: The PRISMA-DTA Statement [1].
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- Random-effects meta-analysis [2].
[1] McInnes MD, Moher D, Thombs BD, McGrath TA, Bossuyt PM, Clifford T, Cohen JF, Deeks JJ, Gatsonis C, Hooft L, Hunt HA. Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies: The PRISMA-DTA Statement. Jama. 2018 Jan 23;319(4):388-96.
[2] Serghiou S, Goodman SN. Random-effects meta-analysis: summarizing evidence with caveats. Jama. 2019 Jan 22;321(3):301-2.