The Usefulness of Laboratory Tests in Health-Screening Programs

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Abstract
I discuss pitfalls in laboratory-screening programs: regression toward the mean on repeated biochemical determinations; the problem of defining normalcy in the interpretation of laboratory test results; and a remarkable professional myopia in which clinical chemists have, with rare exception, failed to accept responsibility for evaluating whether the programs in which they are engaged are of benefit to patients.

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