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ArticleFrontiers in public health2025

Addressing the need for economic modelling when designing and reporting a diagnostic testing accuracy study.

Xuanqian Xie, Jennifer Guo, Jessalyn K Holodinsky, Rui Fu

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Xuanqian XieAcute and Hospital-Based Care, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jennifer GuoAcute and Hospital-Based Care, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jessalyn K HolodinskyDepartments of Emergency Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Rui FuO'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Model-based economic evaluations rely on results of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies to assess the value-for-money of a new diagnostic or prognostic test. The 30-item Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (STARD) 2015 guidelines are the gold-standard guidelines for DTA studies. In this Perspective paper, we conducted a rapid review of publicly available economic evaluations of a new diagnostic test between 2012 and 2025 to formulate eight elements that we believe could be added to STARD 2015 to help enhance the credibility of DTA-based economic evaluations. Examples from the rapid review and practical recommendations were provided.

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Diagnostic Tests, RoutineModels, EconomicResearch DesignTechnology Assessment, BiomedicalCost-Benefit AnalysisHumansdiagnostic testeconomic evaluationsfalse negativefalse positivehealth technology assessmenttest accuracytrue prevalence

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PMID41573788
PMCPMC12819786

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