1. Methods Guide for Authors of Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: A Collaboration Between the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Journal of General Internal Medicine

   • Gerald W. Smetana
   • Craig A. Umscheid
   • David B. Matchar

   Editorials Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 1 - 3

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews

   • David B. Matchar

   Health Policy Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 4 - 10

   

3. Chapter 2: Medical Tests Guidance (2) Developing the Topic and Structuring Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests: Utility of PICOTS, Analytic Frameworks, Decision Trees, and Other Frameworks

   • David Samson
   • Karen M. Schoelles

   Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 11 - 19

   

4. Chapter 3: Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test

   • Jodi B. Segal

   Reviews Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 20 - 27

   

5. Chapter 4: Effective Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews of Medical Tests

   • Rose Relevo

   Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 28 - 32

6. Chapter 5: Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies

   • P. Lina Santaguida
   • Crystal M. Riley
   • David B. Matchar

   Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 33 - 38

7. Chapter 6: Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews

   • K. E. Hartmann
   • D. B. Matchar
   • S. Chang

   Reviews Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 39 - 46

8. Chapter 7: Grading a Body of Evidence on Diagnostic Tests

   • Sonal Singh
   • Stephanie M. Chang
   • Eric B. Bass

   Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 47 - 55

9. Chapter 8: Meta-analysis of Test Performance When There is a “Gold Standard”

   • Thomas A. Trikalinos
   • Cynthia M. Balion
   • Rongwei Fu

   Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 56 - 66

   

10. Chapter 9: Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a “Gold Standard”

    • Thomas A. Trikalinos
    • Cynthia M. Balion

    Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 67 - 75

    

11. Chapter 10: Deciding Whether to Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests with Decision Modeling

    • Thomas A. Trikalinos
    • Shalini Kulasingam
    • William F. Lawrence

    Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 76 - 82

    

12. Chapter 11: Challenges in and Principles for Conducting Systematic Reviews of Genetic Tests used as Predictive Indicators

    • Daniel E. Jonas
    • Timothy J. Wilt
    • David B. Matchar

    Original Research Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 83 - 93

    

13. Chapter 12: Systematic Review of Prognostic Tests

    • Thomas S. Rector
    • Brent C. Taylor
    • Timothy J. Wilt

    Reviews Open access 31 May 2012 Pages: 94 - 101