Is "appearing chronically ill" a sign of poor health? A study of diagnostic accuracy.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a physician's assessment that a patient "appears chronically ill" for the detection of poor health status. METHODS: The health status of 126 adult outpatients was determined using the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12)....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3842283?pdf=render |