Chapter 3
Treatment & Testing Thresholds
Stephen W. Bent, MD, & Daniel J. Friedland, MD

OUTLINE

  • The Treatment Threshold: To Treat or Not to Treat
  • Determining the Treatment Threshold: Decision Analysis Again
  • The Decision to Test & the Testing Thresholds: Will This Test Change My Treatment Decision?
  • Calculating the Testing Thresholds: Likelihood Ratios Revisited
  • Putting It All Together: A Final Example Using All Thresholds
  • Limitations of Threshold Analysis
  • Summary