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Table 7 Ratios between weights of false negatives versus weights of false positives by four different methods¶

From: Intuitive weights of harm for therapeutic decision making in smear-negative pulmonary Tuberculosis: an interview study of physicians in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

 

India (n = 77)

Pakistan (n = 84)

Bangladesh (n = 81)

All countries (n = 242)

Threshold all countries

Intuitive WFN/Intuitive WFP

8 (4.5-9)

2 (1.4-3.3)

1.4 (0.97-2.54)

3 (1.4-5)

25 (16.7-41.7)

Calculated WFN/calculated WFP based on literature data without regret

12 (11-13)

19 (13-26)

22 (18-52)

16 (12-26)

5.9 (3.7-7.7)_

Calculated WFN/calculated WFP based on intuitive estimates without regret

105 (54-141)

17 (4.6-34)

21 (8-56)

33 (11-98)

2.9 (1-8.3)

Calculated WFN/calculated WFP based on intuitive estimates with regret

131.62 (72.89-282.08)

19.04 (6.05-48.97)

28.42 (7.84-76.88)

48.69 (12.28-132.0)

2.0 (0.75-7.5)

  1. ¶Difference between ratios: p < 0.001.