The cut point of a test should be set to optimize sensitivity, specificity, or both depending on the clinical utility of the test.
A more sensitive test should be employed when ruling out a significantly mortal or morbid diagnosis.
There is overlap between the two, suggesting that some patients will test equivalently on the test but may or may not have the disease. Setting the cut point to point B would permit all patients within the area under the infected curve to be identified as positive, which maximizes sensitivity, while minimizing the number of false positives, and therefore optimizing specificity while prioritizing sensitivity.
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The cut point of a test should be set to optimize sensitivity, specificity, or both depending on the clinical utility of the test.
A more sensitive test should be employed when ruling out a significantly mortal or morbid diagnosis.
There is overlap between the two, suggesting that some patients will test equivalently on the test but may or may not have the disease. Setting the cut point to point B would permit all patients within the area under the infected curve to be identified as positive, which maximizes sensitivity, while minimizing the number of false positives, and therefore optimizing specificity while prioritizing sensitivity.