Reporting and Methods in Clinical Prediction Research: A Systematic Review

Walter Bouwmeester and colleagues investigated the reporting and methods of prediction studies in 2008, in six high-impact general medical journals, and found that the majority of prediction studies do not follow current methodological recommendations.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  PLoS Medicine

• Publication date

  2012-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001221PMID 22629234PMCID 3358324
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