. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 28.

Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2019 Feb 28;39(5):493–498. doi: 10.1177/0272989X19832881

Table 1 –

Characteristics of the assessed studies (N=50)

Study design
External validation of a previously developed model	14 (28%)
New model with internal validation	36 (72%)
Study outcome
Disease detection	30 (60%)
Survival	15 (30%)
Functional recovery	1 (2.0%)
Disease recurrence	4 (8.0%)
Field of investigation
Cancer	31 (62%)
Cardiovascular diseases	6 (12%)
Other	13 (26%)