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Table 6 Weights of false negatives and false positives

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)

Intuitive weight of false negative€

9 (8-10)

9 (5-10)

8 (7-10)

9 (7-10)

Intuitive weight of false positive

1 (1-2)

5 (2-7)

4.5 (2-6)

3 (1-6)

Calculated weight of false negatives based on literature data (without regret)

58 (56-60)

60 (58-64)

61 (58-63)

59 (57-62)

Calculated weight of false positives based on literature data (without regret)

4.7 (4.4-5.3)

2.9 (1.2-3.5)

2.9 (2.4-4.7)

3.5 (2.4-4.7)

Calculated weight of false negatives based on intuitive estimates without regret

71 (65-76)

74 (48-90)

68 (56-79)

71 (57-81)

Calculated weight of false positives based on intuitive estimates without regret

0.7 (0.4-1.2)

3.3 (.9-7.8)

3.9 (1.5-14)

1.7 (0.6-5.8)

Calculated weight of false negatives (WFN) (based on intuitive estimations), regret included

302 (241.87-347.75)

291 (189.0-367.8)

129 (83.25-271.05)

252 (148-336)

Calculated weight of false positives (WFP) (based on intuitive estimations), regret included

2.02 (1.06-4.14)

15.64 (5.1-50.27)

5.6 (1.81-16.93)

5 (1.83-17.29)

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