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Table 1 Outcomes for the decision to transfer

From: Risk assessment and decision making about in-labour transfer from rural maternity care: a social judgment and signal detection analysis

 

“True” situation

 

Woman should have been transferred

Woman should not have been transferred

Midwife decides to transfer

(a). correct decision to transfer (true positive - HIT)

(b). wrong decision to transfer (false positive - MISS )

Midwife decides not to transfer

(c). wrong decision not to transfer (false negative - MISS)

(d). correct decision not to transfer (true negative - HIT)