Latent class models (LCMs) have emerged as a vital statistical tool in the evaluation of diagnostic tests, particularly in settings where no definitive gold standard is available. These models operate ...

Screening for prostate cancer (PC) may save lives, but overdiagnosis and overtreatment are serious drawbacks. We aimed to determine men’s preferences for PC screening, and to elicit the trade-offs ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We consider the estimation of the number of severely disabled people by using data from the Italian survey on 'Health conditions and appeal to ...