Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 3 , Pages 209-218 , March 2010

Selecting a Cutoff Point for a Developmental Screening Test Based on Overall Diagnostic Indices and Total Expected Utilities of Professional Preferences

  • Hua-Fang Liao

      Affiliations

    • School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Physical Therapy Center, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ling-Yee Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wu-Shiun Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Chin Yang

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Health Care Organization Administration, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ming-Chin Yang, Room 637, 17 Xuzhou Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 12 January 2009 ,Revised 18 June 2009 ,Accepted 1 July 2009.

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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 3 , Pages 209-218 , March 2010

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