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Statistical Medicine:
A New Medical Specialty
Abhaya Indrayan
PhD (Ohio State), FAMS, FRSS, FASc, FSMS
Biostatistics Consultant, Max Healthcare
ABSTRACT
A large number of statistical tools are now used for medical decision in the core activities of diagnosis,
treatment and prognosis. These tools provide undeniable help in improving medical outcomes.
Prominent among them are uncertainty measurement by probability, medical indicators and indexes,
reference ranges, and scoring systems. In addition are tools such as odds ratio, sensitivity, specificity and
predictivities, area under the ROC curve, likelihood ratios, and cost-benefit analysis that are commonly
applied in medical research but have implications for day-to-day clinical activities. These tools have so
completely integrated into medical practice that statistical medicine by itself can stand alone as a medical
specialty. Time has arrived to recognize statistical medicine as a medical specialty.
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