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Why would a medical test have reduced specificity or sensitivity?

April 26, 2017medical reduced Specificity Test

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Why would a medical test have reduced specificity or sensitivity?

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No medical test is perfect. Tests can give false positive or false negative results because of the limits of technology, human error or machine error. Any of these can lead to reduced specificity and/or sensitivity for a test.