Youden's Index and the Likelihood Ratio Positive in Diagnostic Testing

We refer to a recent letter to the editor by Hughes and show that, despite existing similarities between Youden's index and the log-likelihood ratio positive, important differences between these two measures remain to exist which can play an important difference in clinical practice.

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Published in:	Methods of information in medicine Vol. 54; no. 4; p. 382
Main Author:	Böhning, D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Germany 01-01-2015
Subjects:	Diagnostic Tests, Routine Humans Taylor series approxima-tion Youden’s index diagnostic testing likelihood ratio positive
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Summary:	We refer to a recent letter to the editor by Hughes and show that, despite existing similarities between Youden's index and the log-likelihood ratio positive, important differences between these two measures remain to exist which can play an important difference in clinical practice.
ISSN:	2511-705X
DOI:	10.3414/ME15-04-0004