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- 13.1.1 Define the following terms related to Health Screening: Prevalence, Sensitivity, Specificity, False positives, False negatives
- Prevalence - the number of individuals in a given population with the target condition
- Sensitivity - the screening programs sensitivity to detect & refer individuals going through the pathway who have the target condition
- Specificity - the screening programs selectivity to NOT refer individuals going through the pathway who DO NOT have the target condition
- False positives - when a given person is incorrectly identified & referred onwards as having the target condition when they DON’T have it
- False negatives - when a given person is incorrectly identified as NOT having the target condition when they DO have it
- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-population-screening-explained
- https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-example-for-false-negative-false-positive-true-negative-and-true-positive-in-machine-learning
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