screening Flashcards
1
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screening
A
the widespread use of a simple test for a disease in an apparently healthy population, to see the positive and the negative outcomes.
2
Q
screening programs
A
an organized system using a screening test among people without symptoms of a disease to identify early cases in order to improve the outcomes.
3
Q
opportunistic screening
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4
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screening test
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like a cheap and affordable test used to a huge amount of people in a population to identify people at risk of the disease and will then further go into a diagnostic test after.
