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In studies evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic tests,three designs are commonly used:(1)the crossover design;(2)the randomized design; and(3)the non-comparative design.Existing methods on meta-analysis of diagnostic tests mainly considered the simple cases when the reference test in all or none of the studies can be considered as a gold standard test,and when all studies use either a randomized or non-comparative design.