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January 2003, Volume 23, Issue 1
- 92-94 Risk Stratification: A Practical Guide for Clinicians. By Charles C. Miller III, Michael J. Reardon, and Hazim J. Safi. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press, 2001, 170 pages, index, paperback, $37.95, ISBN: 0-521-66945-6
by Robert M. Hamm - 97-97 Erratum
by James C. Felli & Gordon B. Hazen
December 2002, Volume 22, Issue 6
- 461-463 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 464-474 iMPACT3: Internet-Based Development and Administration of Utility Elicitation Protocols
by L. A. Lenert & A. Sturley & M. E. Watson - 475-481 A Meta-Analysis of Utility Estimates for HIV/AIDS
by Tammy O. Tengs & Ting H. Lin - 482-492 Costs and Benefits of Enforcing Housing Policies to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning
by Mary Jean Brown - 493-497 Willingness to Pay for What? A Note on Alternative Definitions of Health Care Program Benefits for Contingent Valuation Studies
by Gillian R. Currie & Cam Donaldson & Bernie J. O’Brien & Greg L. Stoddart & George W. Torrance & Michael F. Drummond - 498-505 Antibiotic Prescribing Decisions of Generalists and Infectious Disease Specialists: Thresholds for Adopting New Drug Therapies
by Joshua P. Metlay & Judy A. Shea & David A. Asch - 506-513 The Relationship between Risk Attitude and Treatment Choice in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
by Lisa A. Prosser & Karen M. Kuntz & Amit Bar-Or & Milton C. Weinstein - 514-521 Information in Medical Decision Making: How Consistent Is Our Management?
by Daniel P. Lorence & Amanda Spink & Robert Jameson - 522-525 HIV/AIDS, Utilities, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Stepping toward the Future
by William C. Holmes - 526-526 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 527-527 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 528-529 Book Review: The Economic Evolution of American Health Care: From Marcus Welby to Managed Care
by Dennis Hanseman - 529-530 Book Review: The Cambridge Medical Ethics Workbook: Case Studies, Commentaries and Activities
by Timothy F. Murphy
October 2002, Volume 22, Issue 5
- 383-385 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 386-393 Survival Impact of Tamoxifen Use for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction: Projections from a Patient-Specific Markov Model
by Nananda F. Col & Robert J. Goldberg & Richard K. Orr & John K. Erban & Jennifer M. Fortin & Rowan T. Chlebowski - 394-402 Does Choosing a Treatment Depend on Making a Diagnosis? US and French Physicians’ Decision Making about Acute Otitis Media
by Paul Clay Sorum & Thomas R. Stewart & Etienne Mullet & Claudia González-Vallejo & Junseop Shim & Gérard Chasseigne & MarÃa Teresa Muñoz Sastre & Bernard Grenier - 403-409 Comparison of Preference-Based Utilities of the Short-Form 36 Health Survey and Health Utilities Index before and after Treatment of Patients with Intermittent Claudication
by Johanna L. Bosch & Elkan F. Halpern & G. Scott Gazelle - 410-416 Your Money or Your Health: Time Preferences and Trading Money for Health
by Gretchen B. Chapman - 417-430 Health Economic Evaluations: The Special Case of End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment
by Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer & Milton C. Weinstein & Murray A. Mittleman & Robert J. Glynn & Joseph S. Pliskin - 431-450 What Accounts for the Appeal of Complementary/Alternative Medicine, and What Makes Complementary/Alternative Medicine “Alternative†?
by Leora C. Swartzman & Richard A. Harshman & Jacquelyn Burkell & Margaret E. Lundy - 451-452 The Use of Factor Analysis Techniques
by François Sainfort
August 2002, Volume 22, Issue 4
- 287-289 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 290-308 Probabilistic Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness Models: Choosing between Treatment Strategies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
by Andrew H. Briggs & Ron Goeree & Gord Blackhouse & Bernie J. O’Brien - 309-317 Patient Decision Making: Use of and Adherence to Telephone-Based Nurse Triage Recommendations
by Joan M. O’Connell & Winfield Towles & Ming Yin & C. Lucy Malakar - 318-325 The Effects of Proficiency and Bias on Residents’ Interpretation of the Microscopic Urinalysis
by Stephen D. Flach & Gay J. Canaris & Thomas G. Tape & Kathryn M. Huntley & Robert S. Wigton - 326-339 Primary Prevention Drug Therapy: Can It Meet Patients’ Requirements for Reduced Risk?
by Hilary A. Llewellyn-Thomas & J. Michael Paterson & Judy A. Carter & Antoni Basinski & Martin G. Myers & Gordon D. Hardacre & Earl V. Dunn & Ralph B. D’Agostino & Philip A. Wolf & C. David Naylor - 340-349 Estimating Utility Values for Health States of Type 2 Diabetic Patients Using the EQ-5D (UKPDS 62)
by Philip Clarke & Alastair Gray & Rury Holman - 350-358 How Robust Is the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 Utility Function?
by Qinan Wang & William Furlong & David Feeny & George Torrance & Ronald Barr - 359-371 Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimation of a Multiparameter Decision Model: Consistency of Evidence and the Accurate Assessment of Uncertainty
by A. E. Ades & S. Cliffe - 372-372 Lawand Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 373-374 In Appreciation: John Eisenberg of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
by Nancy Foster & Carolyn Clancy & Gregg Meyer - 375-375 Erratum
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June 2002, Volume 22, Issue 3
- 195-197 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 199-207 The Benefit of Negative Tests in Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia
by Amnon Sonnenberg & Nimish Vakil - 208-217 Reduction Mammaplasty: Defining Medical Necessity
by Carolyn L. Kerrigan & E. Dale Collins & H. Myra Kim & Paul L. Schnur & Edwin Wilkins & Bruce Cunningham & Julie Lowery - 218-227 Assessing the Sensitivity of Decision-Analytic Results to Unobserved Markers of Risk: Defining the Effects of Heterogeneity Bias
by Karen M. Kuntz & Sue J. Goldie - 228-237 Determining Sensitivity of Mammography from Screening Data, Cancer Incidence, and Receiver-Operating Characteristic Curve Parameters
by John M. Boone & Karen K. Lindfors & J. Anthony Seibert - 238-244 Visual Illusions Created by Survival Curves and the Need to Avoid Potential Misinterpretation
by Ernest W. Lau & G. A. Ng - 245-261 Using Elicitation Techniques to Estimate the Value of Ambulatory Treatments for Major Depression
by Sharon-Lise T. Normand & Richard G. Frank & Thomas G. McGuire - 262-271 The Role of Physicians’ Recommendations in Medical Treatment Decisions
by Andrea D. Gurmankin & Jonathan Baron & John C. Hershey & Peter A. Ubel - 272-278 “You’re Perfect for the Procedure! Why Don’t You Want It?†Elderly Arthritis Patients’ Unwillingness to Consider Total Joint Arthroplasty Surgery: A Qualitative Study
by Pamela L. Hudak & Jocalyn P. Clark & Gillian A. Hawker & Peter C. Coyte & Nizar N. Mahomed & Hans J. Kreder & James G. Wright - 279-280 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur
April 2002, Volume 22, Issue 2
- 95-98 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 99-107 Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease: Prognostic Value of Signs, Symptoms, and the Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index
by Jurenne D. Hooi & Henri E.J.H. Stoffers & Arnold D. M. Kester & Jan W. van Ree & J. André Knottnerus - 108-124 Testing for Factor V Leiden in Patients with Pulmonary or Venous Thromboembolism: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Mark H. Eckman & Sushil K. Singh & John K. Erban & Grace Kao - 125-139 Randomized Controlled Trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Colorectal Cancer Screening
by James G. Dolan & Susan Frisina - 140-151 Judgment Analysis of Prioritization Decisions within a Dialysis Program in One United Kingdom Region
by Frank Kee & Chris C. Patterson & Ann E. Wilson & Janice M. McConnell & Seana M. Wheeler & John D. Watson - 152-162 Bayesian Extensions of the Tobit Model for Analyzing Measures of Health Status
by Peter C. Austin - 163-172 A Comparison of Bayesian Methods for Profiling Hospital Performance
by Peter C. Austin - 173-177 A Note on the Estimation of Confidence Intervals for Cost-Effectiveness When Costs and Effects Are Censored
by Gordon Blackhouse & Andrew H. Briggs & Bernie J. O’Brien - 178-181 Looking Back and Looking Forward: Viewed through the Eyes of George Torrance
by George W. Torrance - 182-186 Presidential Address: Proactive Decision Making
by M. G. Myriam Hunink - 187-188 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 189-189 Announcements
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September 2002, Volume 22, Issue 1_suppl
- 3-10 Analytic Tools for Public Health Decision Making
by Douglas K. Owens - 11-16 The Value of Prevention: Experiences of a Public Health Agency
by Phaedra S. Corso & Stephen B. Thacker & Jeffrey P. Koplan - 17-25 Modeling the Public Health Response to Bioterrorism: Using Discrete Event Simulation to Design Antibiotic Distribution Centers
by Nathaniel Hupert & Alvin I. Mushlin & Mark A. Callahan - 26-37 Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmacological Interventions for Smoking Cessation: A Literature Review and a Decision Analytic Analysis
by Fujian Song & James Raftery & Paul Aveyard & Chris Hyde & Pelham Barton & Nerys Woolacott - 38-44 The Impact of Expected HIV Transmission Rates on the Effectiveness and Cost of Ruling Out HIV Infection in Infants
by Joseph M. Mrus & Michael S. Yi & Mark H. Eckman & Joel Tsevat - 45-57 Cost-Effectiveness of the Pneumococcal Vaccine in Healthy Younger Adults
by Patricia Vold Pepper & Douglas K. Owens - 58-66 Cost-Benefit Analysis of a New HEDIS Performance Measure for Pneumococcal Vaccination
by Faruque Ahmed & Elamin E. Elbasha & Betsy L. Thompson & Jeffrey R. Harris & Vishnu-Priya Sneller - 67-79 Variation in Average Costs among Federally Sponsored State-Organized Cancer Detection Programs: Economies of Scale?
by Edward C. Mansley & Diane O. Duñet & Daniel S. May & Sajal K. Chattopadhyay & Matthew T. Mckenna - 80-91 Optimal Allocation of Resources across Four Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes
by Stephanie R. Earnshaw & Anke Richter & Stephen W. Sorensen & Thomas J. Hoerger & Katherine A. Hicks & Michael Engelgau & Ted Thompson & K. M. Venkat Narayan & David F. Williamson & Edward Gregg & Ping Zhang - 92-101 Assessing Preferences for Prevention versus Treatment Using Willingness to Pay
by Phaedra S. Corso & James K. Hammitt & John D. Graham & Richard C. Dicker & Sue J. Goldie - 102-114 Measurement of Health Preferences among Patients with Tuberculous Infection and Disease
by Marie-Josée Dion & Pierre Tousignant & Jean Bourbeau & Dick Menzies & Kevin Schwartzman
February 2002, Volume 22, Issue 1
- 6-17 A Simulation Model of Policies Directed at Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
by David T. Levy & Karen Friend - 18-26 A Real-Time Classification System of Thalassemic Pathologies Based on Artificial Neural Networks
by S. R. Amendolia & A. Brunetti & P. Carta & G. Cossu & M. L. Ganadu & B. Golosio & G. M. Mura & M. G. Pirastru - 27-38 Comparison of Health State Utilities Using Community and Patient Preference Weights Derived from a Survey of Patients with HIV/AIDS
by Bruce R. Schackman & Sue J. Goldie & Kenneth A. Freedberg & Elena Losina & John Brazier & Milton C. Weinstein - 39-52 Predicting Elderly Outpatients’ Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences over Time: The Majority Rules
by Renate M. Houts & William D. Smucker & Jill A. Jacobson & Peter H. Ditto & Joseph H. Danks - 53-64 Discrepancies between Chained and Classic Utilities Induced by Anchoring with Occasional Adjustments
by Peep F. M. Stalmeier - 65-70 Physicians’ Attitudes toward Health Care Rationing
by Thomas V. Perneger & Diane P. Martin & Patrick A. Bovier - 71-75 Effects of Baseline Risk Information on Social and Individual Choices
by Dorte Gyrd-Hansen & Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen & Jørgen Nexøe & Jesper Bo Nielsen - 76-83 Effect of Framing as Gain versus Loss on Understanding and Hypothetical Treatment Choices: Survival and Mortality Curves
by Katrina Armstrong & J. Sanford Schwartz & Genevieve Fitzgerald & Mary Putt & Peter A. Ubel - 84-85 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur
December 2001, Volume 21, Issue 6
- 433-443 Understanding Birthing Mode Decision Making Using Artificial Neural Networks
by Martin MacDowell & Eugene Somoza & Kenneth Rothe & Richard Fry & Kim Brady & Albert Bocklet - 444-450 Intermediate Short-Term Outcomes after Brain Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurology Outpatients
by Philippe Demaerel & Erik Béatse & Kristiaan Roels & Vincent Thijs - 451-458 A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Alternative At-Home or In-Laboratory Technologies for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
by Haim Reuveni & Eithan Schweitzer & Ariel Tarasiuk - 459-467 Frequency or Probability? A Qualitative Study of Risk Communication Formats Used in Health Care
by Marilyn M. Schapira & Ann B. Nattinger & Colleen A. McHorney - 468-478 Using Life Expectancy to Communicate Benefits of Health Care Programs in Contingent Valuation Studies
by Jill Morris & James K. Hammitt - 479-489 What White Blood Cell Count Should Prompt Antibiotic Treatment in a Febrile Child? Tutorial on the Importance of Disease Likelihood to the Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests
by Michael A. Kohn & Thomas B. Newman - 490-497 Comparison of Appropriateness Ratings for Cataract Surgery between Convened and Mail-only Multidisciplinary Panels
by Joanne K. Tobacman & Ingrid U. Scott & Stacey T. Cyphert & M. Bridget Zimmerman - 498-507 Intervals for Posttest Probabilities: A Comparison of 5 Methods
by Douglas Mossman & James O. Berger - 508-509 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 510-511 Book Review: Pricing Life: Why It’s Time for Health Care Rationing
by Martin A. Strosberg - 512-513 Determining the Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve for a Binary Diagnostic Test: Best Is Not Always Ideal
by Gerrit Jager - 514-514 Reply to Jager
by Scott B. Cantor & Michael W. Kattan - 515-516 The Aftermath: Knowledge and Uncertainty
by N/A - 517-548 Abstracts from the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making
by N/A - 549-551 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making Abstract Author Index
by N/A - 552-557 Index to Medical Decision Making Volume 21
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October 2001, Volume 21, Issue 5
- 341-343 Highlights of this Issue
by N/A - 344-356 Effect of Written and Computerized Decision Support Aids for the U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Depression Guidelines on the Evaluation of Hypothetical Clinical Scenarios
by Mitchell A. Medow & Timothy J. Wilt & Signe Dysken & Steve D. Hillson & Sharon Woods & Steven J. Borowsky - 357-367 Cost-effectiveness of Harm Reduction in Preventing Hepatitis C among Injection Drug Users
by Harold A. Pollack - 368-375 Identifying Diagnostic Errors with Induced Decision Trees
by Catherine K. Murphy - 376-381 The Beguiling Pursuit of More Information
by Donald A. Redelmeier & Eldar Shafir & Prince S. Aujla - 382-390 Assessing Values for Health: Numeracy Matters
by Steven Woloshin & Lisa M. Schwartz & Megan Moncur & Sherine Gabriel & Anna N. A. Tosteson - 391-408 Optimal Investment in a Portfolio of HIV Prevention Programs
by Gregory S. Zaric & Margaret L. Brandeau - 409-417 Parametric Three-Way Receiver Operating Characteristic Surface Analysis Using Mathematica
by Paul S. Heckerling - 419-420 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur
August 2001, Volume 21, Issue 4
- 257-266 Dynamic Analysis of Liver Allocation Policies
by David H. Howard - 267-277 In Search of Tools to Aid Logical Thinking and Communicating about Medical Decision Making
by M. G. Myriam Hunink - 278-287 Revising a Priority List Based on Cost-Effectiveness
by Jonathan Baron & Peter A. Ubel - 288-294 An Off-the-Shelf Help List
by Chaim M. Bell & Richard H. Chapman & Patricia W. Stone & Eileen A. Sandberg & Peter J. Neumann - 295-306 Stability of Patients’ Preferences for Chemotherapy
by Sylvia J. T. Jansen & Job Kievit & Marianne A. Nooij & Anne M. Stiggelbout - 307-323 Does Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Make a Difference?
by Michael D. Hagen & Alan M. Garber & Sue J. Goldie & Jennifer Elston Lafata & Jeanne Mandelblatt & David Meltzer & Peter Neumann & Joanna E. Siegel & Harold C. Sox Jr. & Joel Tsevat - 324-328 Rationing versus Rationality
by Terri Jackson - 329-334 Visual Analog Scales
by George W. Torrance & David Feeny & William Furlong - 335-336 Law and Ethics
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May 2001, Volume 21, Issue 3
- 95-109 Erratum
by N/A - 163-169 Risk-Adjusted Monitoring of Binary Surgical Outcomes
by Stefan H. Steiner & Richard J. Cook & Vern T. Farewell - 170-179 Decision-Case Mix Model for Analyzing Variation in Cesarean Rates
by Leslie Eldenburg & William S. Waller - 180-189 Preference for Equity As a Framing Effect
by Peter A. Ubel & Jonathan Baron & David A. Asch - 190-199 Do Nonpatients Underestimate the Quality of Life Associated with Chronic Health Conditions because of a Focusing Illusion?
by Peter A. Ubel & George Loewenstein & John Hershey & Jonathan Baron & Tara Mohr & David A. Asch & Christopher Jepson - 200-207 What Should Be Reported in a Methods Section on Utility Assessment?
by Peep F. M. Stalmeier & M. K. Goldstein & A. M. Holmes & L. Lenert & J. Miyamoto & A. M. Stiggelbout & G. W. Torrance & J. Tsevat - 208-218 Choice-Matching Preference Reversals in Health Outcome Assessments
by Walton Sumner II & Robert F. Nease Jr. - 219-230 Bayesian Assessment of Sample Size for Clinical Trials of Cost-Effectiveness
by Anthony O’Hagan & John W. Stevens - 231-240 Women’s Views on Breast Cancer Risk and Screening Mammography
by E. Silverman & S. Woloshin & L. M. Schwartz & S. J. Byram & H. G. Welch & B. Fischhoff - 241-247 Patient-Centered Decision Making
by Mark H. Eckman - 248-249 Industrial Engineering and the Practice of Medicine
by Mark S. Roberts - 250-251 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 252-253 Book Review: Decision Making in Health Care: Theory, Psychology and Applications
by Amiram Gafni
April 2001, Volume 21, Issue 2
- 87-96 Reanalysis of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm Management
by Noriaki Aoki & J. Robert Beck & Takao Kitahara & Sadayoshi Ohbu & Kazui Soma & Takashi Ohwada & Richard W. Cone & Tsuguya Fukui - 97-104 Utility Elicitation Using Single-Item Questions Compared with a Computerized Interview
by Leslie A. Lenert & Cathy D. Sherbourne & Valerie Reyna - 105-112 Evaluating Quality-Adjusted Life Years
by Michael B. Nichol & Nishan Sengupta & Denise R. Globe - 113-121 Lack of Congruence in the Ratings of Patients’ Health Status by Patients and Their Physicians
by Maria E. Suarez-Almazor & Barbara Conner-Spady & Chris J. Kendall & Anthony S. Russell & Kenneth Skeith - 122-132 Preferences for Fractures and Other Glucocorticoid-Associated Adverse Effects among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
by Linda A. Merlino & Indranil Bagchi & Thomas N. Taylor & Paul Utrie & Elizabeth Chrischilles & Walton Sumner II & Amy Mudano & Kenneth G. Saag - 133-140 Measuring Patients’ Medical Care Preferences: Care Seeking versus Self-Treating
by Julie M. Ganther & Joseph B. Wiederholt & David H. Kreling - 141-149 The Role of Risk and Benefit Perception in Informed Consent for Surgery
by Andrew Lloyd & Paul Hayes & Peter R. F. Bell & A. Ross Naylor - 150-151 Clinical Decision Analysis
by James G. Dolan - 152-155 The Importance of Memory in Informed Consent for Surgical Risk
by Valerie F. Reyna & Allan J. Hamilton - 156-157 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 158-159 Book Review: Regression Analysis of Count Data
by Ramalingam Shanmugam
February 2001, Volume 21, Issue 1
- 1-6 Randomized Trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Choice of Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer
by Vivek Goel & Carol A. Sawka & Elaine C. Thiel & Elaine H. Gort & Annette M. O’Connor - 7-16 A Comparison of United Kingdom and Spanish General Population Time Trade-off Values for EQ-5D Health States
by Xavier Badia & Montserrat Roset & Michael Herdman & Paul Kind - 17-27 Visual Analog Scales, Standard Gambles, and Relative Risk Aversion
by Angela Robinson & Graham Loomes & Michael Jones-Lee - 28-36 Factors Influencing Physicians’ Judgments of Adherence and Treatment Decisions for Patients with HIV Disease
by Laura M. Bogart & Sheryl L. Catz & Jeffrey A. Kelly & Eric G. Benotsch - 37-44 General Performance on a Numeracy Scale among Highly Educated Samples
by Isaac M. Lipkus & Greg Samsa & Barbara K. Rimer - 45-56 Prognostic Modeling with Logistic Regression Analysis
by Ewout W. Steyerberg & Marinus J. C. Eijkemans & Frank E. Harrell Jr & J. Dik F. Habbema - 57-59 Health Values and Prospect Theory
by Diana Stratmann-Schoene & Thomas Klose - 60-68 The Inclusion of Patient Testimonials in Decision Aids
by Peter A. Ubel & Christopher Jepson & Jonathan Baron - 69-70 A Look Back—and Ahead
by Frank A. Sonnenberg - 71-73 Reflections on the Beginnings and Future of Medical Decision Making
by Dennis G. Fryback - 73-75 Medical Decision Making: 20 Years of Advancing the Field
by J. Robert Beck - 75-77 The Society for Medical Decision Making at 21
by Arthur Elstein - 78-79 A Society for Medical Decision Making
by Stephen G. Pauker - 80-81 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 82-83 On Using the Standard Gamble to Determine Utilities for Uncertain Health States
by Moshe Leshno - 84-84 Cost-Value Analysis in Health Care: Making Sense of QALYs
by Peter A. Ubel
October 2000, Volume 20, Issue 4
- 369-376 Optimal Gestational Age and Birth-weight Cutoffs to Predict Neonatal Morbidity
by Michael A. Kohn & Caroline L. Vosti & Dennis Lezotte & Richard H. Jones - 377-390 Early Surgery versus Conservative Management of Dissecting Aneurysms of the Descending Thoracic Aorta
by David Katz & Douglas Payne & Stephen Pauker - 394-402 Patient Preference-based Treatment Thresholds and Recommendations
by Malcolm Man-Son-Hing & Andreas Laupacis & Annette M. O'Connor & Douglas Coyle & Renee Berquist & Finlay McAlister - 404-411 Decision Analysis with Cumulative Prospect Theory
by Ahmed M. Bayoumi & Donald A. Redelmeier - 413-422 A Comparison of HU12 and HU13 Utility Scores in Alzheimer's Disease
by Peter J. Neumann & Eileen A. Sandberg & Sally S. Araki & Karen M. Kuntz & David Feeny & Milton C. Weinstein - 423-429 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Preferences in Dutch Community-dwelling and Hospitalized Elderly People
by Annette H.M. van Mil & Rik C.J. van Klink & Christine Huntjens & Rudi G.J. Westendorp & Anne M. Stiggelbout & A.Edo Meinders & A. Margot Lagaay - 430-439 Meta-analysis of ROC Curves
by Arnold D.M. Kester & Frank Buntinx - 440-450 Electronic Trial Banks: A Complementary Method for Reporting Randomized Trials
by Ida Sim & Douglas K. Owens & Philip W. Lavori & Glenn D. Rennels - 451-458 A Comprehensive League Table of Cost-Utility Ratios and a Sub-table of "Panel-worthy" Studies
by Richard H. Chapman & Patricia W. Stone & Eileen A. Sandberg & Chaim Bell & Peter J. Neumann - 468-470 Determining the Area under the ROC Curve for a Binary Diagnostic Test
by Scott B. Cantor & Michael W. Kattan - 470-470 Correction
by N/A - 471-471 Book Review : The Ethical QALY: Ethical Issues in Health Care Resource Allocations. By ANDREW EDGAR, SAM SALEK, DAR-REN SHICKLE, and DAVID COHEN. Surrey, England: Euromed Communications, Ltd., 1998. $115 (hardcover
by N/A - 472-472 The Science of Proof and the Roles of Intuition
by N/A - 472-472 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 473-473 Psychology of Decision Aids
by Alan Schwartz - 474-474 A Heartfelt Thanks
by Frank A. Sonnenberg - 477-506 Abstracts
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July 2000, Volume 20, Issue 3
- 251-262 Prophylactic Mastectomy or Screening in Women Suspected to Have the BRCA1/2 Mutation
by Ivana Unic & Lia C.G. Verhoef & Peep F.M. Stalmeier & Willem A.J. Van Daal - 263-270 Population-based Time Preferences for Future Health Outcomes
by Theodore G. Ganiats & Richard T. Carson & Robert M. Hamm & Scott B. Cantor & Walton Sumner & Stephen J. Spann & Michael D. Hagen & Christopher Miller - 271-280 Modal Preferences Predict Elderly Patients' Life-sustaining Treatment Choices as Well as Patients' Chosen Surrogates Do
by William D. Smucker & Renate M. Houts & Joseph H. Danks & Peter H. Ditto & Angela Fagerlin & Kristen M. Coppola - 281-289 Comparison of Finnish and U.S.-based Visual Analog Scale Valuations of the EQ-5D Measure
by Jeffrey A. Johnson & Arto Ohinmaa & Bhisma Murti & Harri Sintonen & Stephen Joel Coons - 290-297 The Effectiveness of One-to-one Risk-communication Interventions in Health Care
by Adrian Edwards & Kerenza Hood & Elaine Matthews & Daphne Russell & Ian Russell & Jacqueline Barker & Michael Bloor & Philip Burnard & Judith Covey & Roisin Pill & Clare Wilkinson & Nigel Stott - 298-307 A New Scale for Assessing Perceptions of Chance
by Steven Woloshin & Lisa M. Schwartz & Stephanie Byram & Baruch Fischhoff & H. Gilbert Welch - 308-313 Beliefs about Breast Cancer Risk and Use of Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy
by Katrina Armstrong & Sharon Popik & Carmen Guerra & Peter A. Ubel - 314-322 Representing Both First- and Second-order Uncertainties by Monte Carlo Simulation for Groups of Patients
by Elkan F. Halpern & Milton C. Weinstein & Maria G.M. Hunink & G. Scott Gazelle - 323-331 Comparing Three-class Diagnostic Tests by Three-way ROC Analysis
by Stephan Dreiseitl & Lucila Ohno-Machado & Michael Binder - 332-342 Willingness to Pay for a Quality-adjusted Life Year
by Richard A. Hirth & Michael E. Chernew & Edward Miller & A. Mark Fendrick & William G. Weissert - 343-351 A Signal-detection Experiment Measuring the Effect of Computer-aided Detection on Radiologists' Performance
by Mitsuru Ikeda & Takeo Ishigaki & Kazunobu Yamauchi - 352-354 How Treatment Advances Affect Prevention's Cost-Effectiveness
by Louise B. Russell - 355-356 To the Editor
by Gerrit J. Jager & Johan L. Severens - 356-356 In reply
by Deb Feldman-Stewart & Michael D. Brundage - 357-358 Book Review : What Is Disease? By James M. Humber and Robert F. Almeder. Louisville, KY: Humana Press, 1997, 372 pages. $49.50 (hardcover
by N/A - 358-359 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 359-360 Judgmental Psychology
by Alan Schwartz - 361-368 Netherlands Forum for Medical Decision Making
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April 2000, Volume 20, Issue 2
- 145-159 Design and Pilot Evaluation of a System to Develop Computer-based Site-specific Practice Guidelines from Decision Models
by Gillian D. Sanders & Robert F. Nease JR & Douglas K. Owens - 160-169 A Comparison of Human and Machine-based Predictions of Successful Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
by Allan Gottschalk & M. Chris Hyzer & Ralph T. Geer - 170-184 Using Localization Data from Image Interpretations to Improve Estimates of Performance Accuracy
by Richard G. Swensson - 186-193 Response Shift and Adaptation in Chronically III Patients
by Debby Postulart & Eddy M.M. Adang - 194-204 The Discrete-choice Willingness-to-pay Question Format in Health Economics:
by Richard D. Smith - 207-215 Income Effects of Reduced Health and Health Effects of Reduced Income:
by Mark J. Sculpher & Bernie J. O'Brien - 216-227 Withholding Information from Cancer Patients as a Physician's Decision under Risk
by Gideon Yaniv - 228-238 Perception of Quantitative Information for Treatment Decisions
by Deb Feldman-Stewart & Nancy Kocovski & Beth A. McConnell & Michael D. Brundage & William J. Mackillop - 239-242 Five Minutes with the Governor
by A. David Paltiel - 243-244 Artificial Neural Networks:
by John Griffith - 245-246 Book Reviews : Diagnostic Strategies for Common Medical Prob lems. Second edition. Edited by EDGAR R. BLACK, DONALD R. BORDLEY, THOMAS G. TAPE, and ROBERT J. PANZER. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians, 1999, 674 pages, softcover, $45.00 (ACP members, $34.00
by N/A - 247-247 Book Reviews : The Internet and Healthcare. Second edition. Edited by Louis NICHOLSON. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 1999, 125 pages, softcover, $35.00
by N/A - 248-249 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur