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Friday, June 5, 2009

Bayes' Theorem to estimate population prevalence from Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores
Addiction Volume 104 Issue 7, Pages 1132 - 1137

Important information on the probable differences in real world prevalence and impact of prevention and treatment programmes can be produced by applying Bayes' Theorem to studies where diagnostic outcome measures are used. However, the usefulness of this approach relies upon good information on the accuracy of such diagnostic measures for target conditions.


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