APA Dictionary of Psychology
clinical utility
- the extent to which diagnostic testing (e.g., genetic testing) is useful in facilitating beneficial health outcomes (e.g., preventing mortality, ameliorating morbidity and disability) from interventions that are initiated based on test results.
- the extent to which the interventions themselves can be applied successfully and cost-effectively.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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