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January 2010, Volume 30, Issue 1
- 29-34 Improving Decision Making at the End of Life With Video Images
by Angelo E. Volandes & Michael J. Barry & Yuchiao Chang & Michael K. Paasche-Orlow - 35-44 The Challenge of Shared Decision Making Among Patients With Lower Literacy: A Framework for Research and Development
by Kirsten J. McCaffery & Sian K. Smith & Michael Wolf - 45-57 Patients’ Preferences for Treatment of Hepatitis C
by Liana Fraenkel & Diane Chodkowski & Joseph Lim & Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao - 58-67 Health Utility Bias: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analytic Evaluation
by Jason N. Doctor & Han Bleichrodt & H. Jill Lin - 68-75 Sample Size in Obesity Trials: Patient Perspective Versus Current Practice
by David B. Allison & Mai A. Elobeid & Mark B. Cope & David W. Brock & Myles S. Faith & Stephanie Vander Veur & Robert Berkowitz & Gary Cutter & Theresa McVie & Kishore M. Gadde & Gary D. Foster - 76-83 The Language of Prognostication in Intensive Care Units
by Douglas B. White & Ruth A. Engelberg & Marjorie D. Wenrich & Bernard Lo & J. Randall Curtis - 84-98 Estimating Progression Rates for Human Papillomavirus Infection From Epidemiological Data
by Mark Jit & Nigel Gay & Kate Soldan & Yoon Hong Choi & William John Edmunds - 99-112 The Association Between Individual Time Preferences and Health Maintenance Habits
by W. David Bradford - 113-122 An Equivalent Relative Utility Metric for Evaluating Screening Mammography
by Craig K. Abbey & Miguel P. Eckstein & John M. Boone - 123-131 Evaluation of Imputation Methods in Ovarian Tumor Diagnostic Models Using Generalized Linear Models and Support Vector Machines
by Ioannis Dimou & Ben Van Calster & Sabine Van Huffel & Dirk Timmerman & Michalis Zervakis - 132-142 A Maximum Likelihood Estimator of a Markov Model for Disease Activity in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis for Annually Aggregated Partial Observations
by Sixten Borg & Ulf Persson & Tine Jess & Ole Østergaard Thomsen & Tryggve Ljung & Lene Riis & Pia Munkholm - 143-143 Comment on Petrou and Kupek: Use Unadjusted HUI3 Scores, Not Adjusted Disutilities
by Louise B. Russell - 144-145 Author Index for the 12th Biennial European Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making Abstracts
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November 2009, Volume 29, Issue 6
- 1-2 On Transparency in Decision Analytic Models
by Nancy Neil - 3-5 Comparative Effectiveness: A Table of Expected Benefits and Harms
by Michael W. Kattan - 6-8 Comparative Effectiveness Research Through the Looking Glass
by Adrian Levy & Brian Harrigan & Karissa Johnston & Andrew Briggs - 9-11 Individualization at the Heart of Comparative Effectiveness Research: The Time for i-CER Has Come
by Anirban Basu - 12-13 Comparative Effectiveness Research and Cancer Screening in the United States and Europe
by David H. Howard - 14-15 Are We Equipped to Train the Future Comparative Effectiveness Research Workforce?
by Daniel Jonas & Karen Crotty - 641-641 Comparative Effectiveness Research
by Mark Helfand - 642-642 CER Essay Introduction
by Kathryn M. McDonald - 643-660 Dimensions of Design Space: A Decision-Theoretic Approach to Optimal Research Design
by Stefano Conti & Karl Claxton - 661-677 The Relative Ability of Different Propensity Score Methods to Balance Measured Covariates Between Treated and Untreated Subjects in Observational Studies
by Peter C. Austin - 678-689 The Cost-Effectiveness of an RCT to Establish Whether 5 or 10 Years of Bisphosphonate Treatment Is the Better Duration for Women With a Prior Fracture
by Matt D. Stevenson & Jeremy E. Oakley & Myfawny Lloyd Jones & Alan Brennan & Juliet E. Compston & Eugene V. McCloskey & Peter L. Selby - 690-706 Evaluating the Claim of Enhanced Persistence: The Case of Osteoporosis and Implications for Payers
by Christina M. L. Kelton & Margaret K. Pasquale - 707-715 Does One Size Fit All? Investigating Heterogeneity in Men’s Preferences for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Treatment Using Mixed Logit Analysis
by Barbara Eberth & Verity Watson & Mandy Ryan & Jenny Hughes & Gillian Barnett
September 2009, Volume 29, Issue 5
- 1-12 Using the Principles of Randomized Controlled Trial Design to Guide Test Evaluation
by Sarah J. Lord & Les Irwig & Patrick M. M. Bossuyt - 13-21 Proposals for a Phased Evaluation of Medical Tests
by Jeroen G. Lijmer & Mariska Leeflang & Patrick M. M. Bossuyt - 22-29 Decision-Analytic Modeling to Evaluate Benefits and Harms of Medical Tests: Uses and Limitations
by Thomas A. Trikalinos & Uwe Siebert & Joseph Lau - 30-38 Additional Patient Outcomes and Pathways in Evaluations of Testing
by Patrick M. M. Bossuyt & Kirsten McCaffery - 549-556 Effects of Categorizing Continuous Variables in Decision-Analytic Models
by Tanya G. K. Bentley & Milton C. Weinstein & Karen M. Kuntz - 557-569 Incorporating Herd Immunity Effects into Cohort Models of Vaccine Cost-Effectiveness
by Chris T. Bauch & Andrea M. Anonychuk & Thierry Van Effelterre & Ba' Z. Pham & Maraki Fikre Merid - 570-579 Planning Posttherapeutic Oncology Surveillance Visits Based on Individual Risk
by T. Filleron & A. Barrett & O. Ataman & A. Kramar - 580-589 Incorporating Extrinsic Goals Into Decision and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
by Gordon B. Hazen & Alan Schwartz - 590-598 Development of Goal-Sensitive Health-Related Utility Assessment Procedures
by Alan Schwartz & Gordon B. Hazen & Ariel Leifer & Paul S. Heckerling - 599-605 The Influence of Treatment Effect Size on Willingness to Adopt a Therapy
by Scott K. Aberegg & James M. O'Brien Jr & Paneez Khoury & Roocha Patel & Hal R. Arkes - 606-618 Diagnostic Certainty as a Source of Medical Practice Variation in Coronary Heart Disease: Results from a Cross-National Experiment of Clinical Decision Making
by Karen E. Lutfey & Carol L. Link & Lisa D. Marceau & Richard W. Grant & Ann Adams & Sara Arber & Johannes Siegrist & Markus Bönte & Olaf von dem Knesebeck & John B. McKinlay - 619-633 The German Coronary Artery Disease Risk Screening Model: Development, Validation, and Application of a Decision-Analytic Model for Coronary Artery Disease Prevention with Statins
by Björn Stollenwerk & Andreas Gerber & Karl W. Lauterbach & Uwe Siebert - 634-635 Web Exclusive White Paper Series on Diagnostic Test Evaluation
by Mark Helfand
July 2009, Volume 29, Issue 4
- 409-411 Getting Down to Details in the Design and Use of Decision Aids
by Angela Fagerlin - 412-413 Modeling Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness: SMDM's Recommendations for Design and Reporting
by Gillian D. Sanders - 414-423 Evaluating the Capability and Cost of a Mass Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Clinic via Computer Simulation
by Michael L. Washington - 424-437 Predicting Hospital Surge after a Large-Scale Anthrax Attack: A Model-Based Analysis of CDC's Cities Readiness Initiative Prophylaxis Recommendations
by Nathaniel Hupert & Daniel Wattson & Jason Cuomo & Eric Hollingsworth & Kristof Neukermans & Wei Xiong - 438-460 Recommendations for Modeling Disaster Responses in Public Health and Medicine: A Position Paper of the Society for Medical Decision Making
by Margaret L. Brandeau & Jessica H. McCoy & Nathaniel Hupert & Jon-Erik Holty & Dena M. Bravata - 461-467 Long-Term Health Outcomes of a Decision Aid: Data from a Randomized Trial of Adjuvant! in Women with Localized Breast Cancer
by Andrew J. Vickers & Elena B. Elkin & Pamela B. Peele & Maura Dickler & Laura A. Siminoff - 468-474 Should Clinicians Deliver Decision Aids? Further Exploration of the Statin Choice Randomized Trial Results
by Lesley A. Jones & Audrey J. Weymiller & Nilay Shah & Sandra C. Bryant & Teresa J. H. Christianson & Gordon H. Guyatt & Amiram Gafni & Steven A. Smith & Victor M. Montori - 475-482 Is There a Role for Decision Aids in Advanced Breast Cancer?
by Karen R. Sepucha & Elissa M. Ozanne & Ann H. Partridge & Beverly Moy - 483-490 Effect of Risk Communication Formats on Risk Perception Depending on Numeracy
by Carmen Keller & Michael Siegrist - 491-499 A Fair Test of the Fair Innings?
by Adam Oliver - 500-502 The Half-Cycle Correction: Banish Rather Than Explain It
by Jan J. Barendregt - 503-512 The Incorporation of Income and Leisure in Health State Valuations When the Measure Is Silent: An Empirical Inquiry into the Sound of Silence
by Werner B. F. Brouwer & Saskia Grootenboer & Pedram Sendi - 513-520 Construction of Health Preferences: A Comparison of Direct Value Assessment and Personal Narratives
by José H. Kerstholt & Fred van der Zwaard & Hans Bart & Anita Cremers - 521-531 Offering Chemotherapy and Hospice Jointly: One Solution to Hospice Underuse
by Talya Salz & Noel T. Brewer - 532-540 Quantitative Risk Stratification in Markov Chains with Limiting Conditional Distributions
by David C. Chan & Philip K. Pollett & Milton C. Weinstein - 541-541 Errata
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May 2009, Volume 29, Issue 3
- 273-281 How Far Do You Go? Efficient Searching for Indirect Evidence
by Neil Hawkins & David A. Scott & Beth Woods - 282-290 Missing Celiac Disease in Family Medicine: The Importance of Hypothesis Generation
by Olga Kostopoulou & Charlotte Devereaux-Walsh & Brendan C. Delaney - 291-303 Estimating Preference-Based Health Utilities Index Mark 3 Utility Scores for Childhood Conditions in England and Scotland
by Stavros Petrou & Emil Kupek - 304-316 A Hybrid Cohort Individual Sampling Natural History Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Using Probabilistic Calibration
by Jonathan Karnon & Carolyn Czoski-Murray & Kevin J. Smith & Christopher Brand - 317-319 Physicians' Anticipated Regret and Diagnostic Testing: Comment on Hozo and Djulbegovic, 2008
by Michael L. DeKay - 320-324 Will Insistence on Practicing Medicine According to Expected Utility Theory Lead to an Increase in Diagnostic Testing? Reply to DeKay's Commentary: Physicians' Anticipated Regret and Diagnostic Testing
by Iztok Hozo & Benjamin Djulbegovic - 325-333 Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of Disease Management in Systolic Heart Failure
by George Miller & Stephen Randolph & Emma Forkner & Brad Smith & Autumn Dawn Galbreath - 334-342 Valuing Health: Does Enriching a Scenario Lead to Higher Utilities?
by Yvette Peeters & Anne M. Stiggelbout - 343-350 Early Stopping Rules in Clinical Trials Based on Sequential Monitoring of Serious Adverse Events
by A. Kramar & C. Bascoul-Mollevi - 351-367 Optimizing the Start Time of Statin Therapy for Patients with Diabetes
by Brian T. Denton & Murat Kurt & Nilay D. Shah & Sandra C. Bryant & Steven A. Smith - 368-371 Natural Frequencies Help Older Adults and People with Low Numeracy to Evaluate Medical Screening Tests
by Mirta Galesic & Gerd Gigerenzer & Nils Straubinger - 372-376 The Effect of Erroneous Computer Interpretation of ECGs on Resident Decision Making
by William N. Southern & Julia Hope Arnsten - 377-379 The Hippocratic Oath, Effect Size, and Utility Theory
by Robert F. Bordley - 380-390 Weighing Harm in Therapeutic Decisions of Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis
by Juan Moreira & Bettina Bisig & Petronille Muwawenimana & Paulin Basinga & Zeno Bisoffi & Frank Haegeman & Panduru Kishore & Jef Van den Ende - 391-403 Laypersons' Responses to the Communication of Uncertainty Regarding Cancer Risk Estimates
by Paul K. J. Han & William M. P. Klein & Thomas C. Lehman & Holly Massett & Simon C. Lee & Andrew N. Freedman
March 2009, Volume 29, Issue 2
- 157-166 Health Literacy and Cancer Risk Perception: Implications for Genomic Risk Communication
by Noel T. Brewer & Janice P. Tzeng & Sarah E. Lillie & Alrick S. Edwards & Jeffrey M. Peppercorn & Barbara K. Rimer - 167-174 Randomized Trial of Presenting Absolute v. Relative Risk Reduction in the Elicitation of Patient Values for Heart Disease Prevention With Conjoint Analysis
by Jennifer M. Griffith & Carmen L. Lewis & Sarah Hawley & Stacey L. Sheridan & Michael P. Pignone - 175-181 The Psychosocial Effect of Thoughts of Personal Mortality on Cardiac Risk Assessment
by Jamie Arndt & Matthew Vess & Cathy R. Cox & Jamie L. Goldenberg & Stephen Lagle - 182-192 Intertemporal Tradeoffs: Perceiving the Risk in the Benefits of Marijuana in a Prospective Study of Adolescents and Young Adults
by Julie H. Goldberg & Susan Millstein & Alan Schwartz & Bonnie Halpern-Felsher - 193-201 Anchoring-and-Adjustment Bias in Communication of Disease Risk
by Ibrahim Senay & Kimberly A. Kaphingst - 202-206 Computer and Internet Use in a Community Health Clinic Population
by Neeraja B. Peterson & Kathleen A. Dwyer & Shelagh A. Mulvaney - 207-216 Value for Money in Changing Clinical Practice: Should Decisions about Guidelines and Implementation Strategies Be Made Sequentially or Simultaneously?
by Ties Hoomans & Johan L. Severens & Silvia M. A. A. Evers & Andre J. H. A. Ament - 217-223 Competence of General Practitioners in Giving Advice about Changes in Lifestyle to Hypertensive Patients
by Adam Windak & Barbara Gryglewska & Tomasz Tomasik & Krzysztof Narkiewicz & Tomasz Grodzicki - 224-238 The Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Hereditary Hemochromatosis in Germany: A Remodeling Study
by Wolf H. Rogowski - 239-246 Development of a Clinical Prediction Model to Calculate Patient Life Expectancy: The Measure of Actuarial Life Expectancy (MALE)
by M.G. Clarke & K.P. Kennedy & R.P. MacDonagh - 247-256 Validation of an Automated Safety Surveillance System with Prospective, Randomized Trial Data
by Michael E. Matheny & David A. Morrow & Lucila Ohno-Machado & Christopher P. Cannon & Marc S. Sabatine & Frederic S. Resnic - 257-266 Impact of the Scale Upper Anchor on Health State Preferences
by Joseph T. King Jr & Joel Tsevat & Mark S. Roberts
January 2009, Volume 29, Issue 1
- 1-5 Author Index for Abstracts
by N/A - 1-98 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making Abstracts
by N/A - 5-6 Thank You to Our Reviewers
by N/A - 7-14 A Randomized Study of Scleroderma Health State Values: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, and Quite a Few Utilities
by Dinesh Khanna & Robert M. Kaplan & Mark H. Eckman & Ron D. Hays & Anthony C. Leonard & Shaari S. Ginsburg & Joel Tsevat - 15-22 What Would It Be Like for Me and for You? Judged Impact of Chronic Health Conditions on Happiness
by Emma Walsh & Peter Ayton - 23-32 Labor Market Productivity Costs for Caregivers of Children with Spina Bifida: A Population-Based Analysis
by John M. Tilford & Scott D. Grosse & Allen C. Goodman & Kemeng Li - 33-50 Cost-Effectiveness of Rotavirus Vaccination: Exploring Caregiver(s) and ``No Medical Care'' Disease Impact in Belgium
by Joke Bilcke & Pierre Van Damme & Philippe Beutels - 51-60 Cost-Effectiveness of Insuring the Uninsured: The Case of Korean American Children
by Judy Y. Chen & Sharon Swonger & Gerald Kominski & Honghu Liu & Ji Eun Lee & Allison Diamant - 61-68 Decisional Conflict in Patients and Their Physicians: A Dyadic Approach to Shared Decision Making
by Annie LeBlanc & David A. Kenny & Annette M. O'Connor & France Légaré - 69-81 Modifying ICD-9-CM Coding of Secondary Diagnoses to Improve Risk-Adjustment of Inpatient Mortality Rates
by Michael Pine & Harmon S. Jordan & Anne Elixhauser & Donald E. Fry & David C. Hoaglin & Barbara Jones & Roger Meimban & David Warner & Junius Gonzales - 82-90 Do Intraindividual Variation in Disease Progression and the Ensuing Tight Window of Opportunity Affect Estimation of Screening Benefits?
by Hendrik Koffijberg & Gabriel Rinkel & Erik Buskens - 91-103 Controlling for Drug Dose in Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: A Case Study of the Effect of Antidepressant Dose
by Richard A. Hansen & Charity G. Moore & Stacie B. Dusetzina & Brian I. Leinwand & Gerald Gartlehner & Bradley N. Gaynes - 104-115 A Multiattribute Model for Evaluating the Benefit-Risk Profiles of Treatment Alternatives
by James C. Felli & Rebecca A. Noel & Patrizia A. Cavazzoni - 116-124 Incorporating Uncertainty Into Medical Decision Making: An Approach to Unexpected Test Results
by Matt T. Bianchi & Brian M. Alexander & Sydney S. Cash - 125-139 A Markov Model Simulation of the Impact of Treatment Persistence in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
by François-Emery Cotté & Bruno Fautrel & Gérard De Pouvourville - 140-148 Improving Fast and Frugal Modeling in Relation to Regression Analysis: Test of 3 Models for Medical Decision Making
by Lars G. Backlund & Johan Bring & Ylva Skånér & Lars-Erik Strender & Henry Montgomery
November 2008, Volume 28, Issue 6
- 801-802 Judging the Success of Annual Scientific Meetings
by Joel Tsevat - 803-809 Cost-Effectiveness of Clopidogrel: Seeing through the Smoke
by Lee Goldman & Jean-Michel Gaspoz - 810-818 Family Practitioners' Diagnostic Decision-Making Processes Regarding Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections: An Observational Study
by Thomas Fischer & Susanne Fischer & Wolfgang Himmel & Michael M. Kochen & Eva Hummers-Pradier - 819-828 Quality-Adjusted Life Years Lost from Nonfatal Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries
by John A. Nyman & Nathan A. Barleen & Phatta Kirdruang - 829-833 Theories of Medical Decision Making and Health: An Evidence-Based Approach
by Valerie F. Reyna - 834-844 A Reasoned Action Approach to Health Promotion
by Martin Fishbein - 845-849 Decision Making in the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change
by James O. Prochaska - 850-865 A Theory of Medical Decision Making and Health: Fuzzy Trace Theory
by Valerie F. Reyna - 866-874 Health Decision Making: Lynchpin of Evidence-Based Practice
by Bonnie Spring - 875-887 Modeling HUI 2 Health State Preference Data Using a Nonparametric Bayesian Method
by Samer A. Kharroubi & Christopher McCabe - 888-898 Evaluation of the Treatment Tradeoff Method in Rectal Cancer Patients: Is Surgery Preference Related to Outcome Utilities?
by Ercolie R. Bossema & Corrie A. M. Marijnen & Monique C. M. Baas-Thijssen & Cock J. H. van de Velde & Anne M. Stiggelbout - 899-908 Measuring the Involvement of People with HIV in Treatment Decision Making Using the Control Preferences Scale
by Heidemarie Kremer & Gail Ironson - 909-916 A Procedure for Determining Whether a Simple Combination of Diagnostic Tests May Be Noninferior to the Theoretical Optimum Combination
by Hua Jin & Ying Lu - 917-925 Anxiety, Fear of Cancer, and Perceived Risk of Cancer following Lung Cancer Screening
by Margaret M. Byrne & Joel Weissfeld & Mark S. Roberts - 926-937 Oral Cyclophosphamide for Active Scleroderma Lung Disease: A Decision Analysis
by Dinesh Khanna & Daniel E. Furst & Philip J. Clements & Donald P. Tashkin & Mark H. Eckman - 938-942 Peer Review in Publication: Factors Associated with the Full-Length Publication of Studies Presented in Abstract Form at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making
by Dan Greenberg & Oren Wacht & Joseph S. Pliskin
September 2008, Volume 28, Issue 5
- 621-638 Bivariate Random Effects Meta-Analysis of ROC Curves
by L.R. Arends & T.H. Hamza & J.C. van Houwelingen & M.H. Heijenbrok-Kal & M.G.M. Hunink & T. Stijnen - 639-649 Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Studies: A Comparison of Random Intercept, Normal-Normal, and Binomial-Normal Bivariate Summary ROC Approaches
by Taye H. Hamza & Johannes B. Reitsma & Theo Stijnen - 650-667 Integration of Meta-analysis and Economic Decision Modeling for Evaluating Diagnostic Tests
by Alexander J. Sutton & Nicola J. Cooper & Steve Goodacre & Matthew Stevenson - 668-680 Predictors of Diagnostic Accuracy and Safe Management in Difficult Diagnostic Problems in Family Medicine
by Olga Kostopoulou & Jurriaan Oudhoff & Radhika Nath & Brendan C. Delaney & Craig W. Munro & Clare Harries & Roger Holder - 681-689 Effect of Guidelines on Primary Care Physician Use of PSA Screening: Results from the Community Tracking Study Physician Survey
by Carmen E. Guerra & Phyllis A. Gimotty & Judy A. Shea & José A. Pagán & J. Sanford Schwartz & Katrina Armstrong - 690-698 Lessons Learned by (from?) an Economist Working in Medical Decision Making
by Peter P. Wakker - 699-705 Beyond Shared Decision Making: An Expanded Typology of Medical Decisions
by Simon N. Whitney & Margaret Holmes-Rovner & Howard Brody & Carl Schneider & Laurence B. McCullough & Robert J. Volk & Amy L. McGuire - 706-712 The Half-Cycle Correction Explained: Two Alternative Pedagogical Approaches
by David M. J. Naimark & Michelle Bott & Murray Krahn - 713-722 The Role of Value for Money in Public Insurance Coverage Decisions for Drugs in Australia: A Retrospective Analysis 1994-2004
by Anthony H. Harris & Suzanne R. Hill & Geoffrey Chin & Jing Jing Li & Emily Walkom - 723-731 Assessing the Influence of Gestalt-Type Characteristics on Preferences Over Lifetime Health Profiles
by Adam Oliver - 732-750 Obtaining Utility Estimates of the Health Value of Commonly Prescribed Treatments for Asthma and Depression
by Maria Orlando Edelen & M. Audrey Burnam & Katherine E. Watkins & José J. Escarce & Haiden Huskamp & Howard H. Goldman & Gary Rachelefsky - 751-762 The Impact of Individualized Evidence-Based Decision Support on Aneurysm Patients' Decision Making, Ideals of Autonomy, and Quality of Life
by Anne M. Stiggelbout & Albert C. Molewijk & Wilma Otten & J. Hajo Van Bockel & Cornelis M. A. Bruijninckx & Ilse Van der Salm & Job Kievit - 763-772 Beyond Utilitarianism: A Method for Analyzing Competing Ethical Principles in a Decision Analysis of Liver Transplantation
by Michael L. Volk & Anna S. F. Lok & Peter A. Ubel & Sandeep Vijan - 773-780 ``Not Everyone Who Needs One Is Going to Get One'': The Influence of Medical Brokering on Patient Candidacy for Total Joint Arthroplasty
by Pamela L. Hudak & Pamela Grassau & Richard H. Glazier & Gillian Hawker & Hans Kreder & Peter Coyte & Nizar Mahomed & James G. Wright - 781-792 Applying Social Marketing in Health Care: Communicating Evidence to Change Consumer Behavior
by W. Douglas Evans & Lauren McCormack
July 2008, Volume 28, Issue 4
- 460-461 Budget Impact Analysis and Its Rational Basis
by Jørgen Hilden - 462-470 Quality Performance Measurement Using the Text of Electronic Medical Records
by Serguei Pakhomov & Susan Bjornsen & Penny Hanson & Steven Smith - 471-480 Development and Validation of a Risk Scoring Tool to Predict Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization in Premature Infants Born at 33 through 35 Completed Weeks of Gestation
by John S. Sampalis & Joanne Langley & Xavier Carbonell-Estrany & Bosco Paes & Karel O'Brien & Upton Allen & Ian Mitchell & José Figueras Aloy & Carmen Pedraz & Andrea F. Michaliszyn - 481-490 Calculation of Prevalence with Markov Models: Budget Impact Analysis of Thrombolysis for Stroke
by Javier Mar & MarÃa Sainz-Ezkerra & Erika Miranda-Serrano - 491-499 Estimating EuroQol EQ-5D Scores from Population Healthy Days Data
by Haomiao Jia & Erica I. Lubetkin - 500-510 Feasibility and Reliability of the Annual Profile Method for Deriving QALYs for Short-Term Health Conditions
by Mathieu F. Janssen & Erwin Birnie & Gouke Bonsel - 511-523 End-of-Life Medical Treatment Choices: Do Survival Chances and Out-of-Pocket Costs Matter?
by Li-Wei Chao & José A. Pagán & Beth J. Soldo - 524-531 Patient and Surrogate Disagreement in End-of-Life Decisions: Can Surrogates Accurately Predict Patients' Preferences?
by Melissa A. Z. Marks & Hal R. Arkes - 532-539 Do Decision Biases Predict Bad Decisions? Omission Bias, Naturalness Bias, and Influenza Vaccination
by Marco daCosta DiBonaventura & Gretchen B. Chapman - 540-553 When Is Diagnostic Testing Inappropriate or Irrational? Acceptable Regret Approach
by Iztok Hozo & Benjamin Djulbegovic - 554-566 Wide Social Participation in Prioritizing Patients on Waiting Lists for Joint Replacement: A Conjoint Analysis
by L. Sampietro-Colom & M. Espallargues & E. RodrÃguez & M. Comas & J. Alonso & X. Castells & J.L. Pinto - 567-574 The Effect of Graphical and Numerical Presentation of Hypothetical Prenatal Diagnosis Results on Risk Perception
by Michael Siegrist & Pascale Orlow & Carmen Keller - 575-581 Expectations of Benefit in Early-Phase Clinical Trials: Implications for Assessing the Adequacy of Informed Consent
by Kevin P. Weinfurt & Damon M. Seils & Janice P. Tzeng & Kate L. Compton & Daniel P. Sulmasy & Alan B. Astrow & Nicholas A. Solarino & Kevin A. Schulman & Neal J. Meropol - 582-592 Systematic Review: Health-State Utilities in Liver Disease: A Systematic Review
by David J. McLernon & John Dillon & Peter T. Donnan - 593-605 Modeling the Incubation Period of Inhalational Anthrax
by Dean A. Wilkening - 606-613 Willingness to Pay for a Cure in Patients with Chronic Gout
by Dinesh Khanna & Mansoor Ahmed & Dustin Yontz & Shaari S. Ginsburg & Joel Tsevat - 614-614 Errata
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May 2008, Volume 28, Issue 3
- 285-286 Thank You to Our Reviewers
by N/A - 287-299 The Half-Life of Truth: What Are Appropriate Time Horizons for Research Decisions?
by Zoe Philips & Karl Claxton & Stephen Palmer - 300-305 The Option Value of Delay in Health Technology Assessment
by Simon Eckermann & Andrew R. Willan - 306-307 Technical Note: Acceptability Curves Could Be Misleading When Correlated Strategies Are Compared
by Mohsen Sadatsafavi & Mehdi Najafzadeh & Carlo Marra - 308-322 Discriminating Quality of Hospital Care in the United States
by Sharon-Lise T. Normand & Robert E. Wolf & Barbara J. McNeil - 323-331 Impact of PSA Screening on the Incidence of Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer in the United States: A Surveillance Modeling Approach
by Ruth Etzioni & Roman Gulati & Seth Falcon & David F. Penson - 332-350 Modeling the Logistics of Response to Anthrax Bioterrorism
by Gregory S. Zaric & Dena M. Bravata & Jon-Erik Cleophas Holty & Kathryn M. McDonald & Douglas K. Owens & Margaret L. Brandeau - 351-358 Time-Tradeoff Utilities for Identifying and Evaluating a Minimum Data Set for Time-Critical Biosurveillance
by Jason N. Doctor & Janet G. Baseman & William B. Lober & Jac Davies & John Kobayashi & Bryant T. Karras & Sherrilynne Fuller - 359-376 The Cost-Effectiveness of Counseling Strategies to Improve Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy among Men Who Have Sex with Men
by Gregory S. Zaric & Ahmed M. Bayoumi & Margaret L. Brandeau & Douglas K. Owens - 377-384 A Test of Numeric Formats for Communicating Risk Probabilities
by Cara L. Cuite & Neil D. Weinstein & Karen Emmons & Graham Colditz - 385-393 Do Patients' Communication Behaviors Provide Insight into Their Preferences for Participation in Decision Making?
by Pamela L. Hudak & Richard M. Frankel & Clarence Braddock III & Rosane Nisenbaum & Paola Luca & Caitlin McKeever & Wendy Levinson - 394-410 What Factors Influence Case Managers' Resource Allocation Decisions? A Systematic Review of the Literature
by Kimberly D. Fraser & Carole Estabrooks - 411-418 Factors Associated with Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Response to the Women's Health Initiative Trial of Combined Hormone Therapy
by Michael L. Power & Jonathan Baron & Jay Schulkin - 419-434 A Cost-Effectiveness Framework for Profiling the Value of Hospital Care
by Justin W. Timbie & Joseph P. Newhouse & Meredith B. Rosenthal & Sharon-Lise T. Normand - 435-442 Evaluation of the GIDEON Expert Computer Program for the Diagnosis of Imported Febrile Illnesses
by Emmanuel Bottieau & Juan Moreira & Jan Clerinx & Robert Colebunders & Alfons Van Gompel & Jef Van den Ende - 443-452 Incorporation of Process Preferences within the QALY Framework: A Study of Alternative Methods
by Paul McNamee & Janelle Seymour
March 2008, Volume 28, Issue 2
- -1--1 Editorial Note
by N/A - 165-168 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 169-171 Policy Rounds: A New Series and a Call for Papers
by Mark Helfand & Gillian D. Sanders - 172-181 Health Technology Assessment in the Cost-Disutility Plane
by Simon Eckermann & Andrew Briggs & Andrew R. Willan - 182-200 Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses of a Dynamic Economic Evaluation Model for Vaccination Programs
by Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens & Kimberly M. Thompson & M. G. Myriam Hunink & Thomas A. Mazzuchi & Daniel Lewandowski & Dorota Kurowicka & Roger M. Cooke - 201-208 The Influence of a Physician's Use of a Diagnostic Decision Aid on the Malpractice Verdicts of Mock Jurors
by Hal R. Arkes & Victoria A. Shaffer & Mitchell A. Medow - 209-219 Life Goals and Health Decisions: What Will People Live (or Die) For?
by Alan Schwartz & Gordon Hazen & Ariel Leifer & Paul Heckerling - 220-232 Health State Valuation in Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment: Feasibility of Computer-Based, Direct Patient Utility Assessment
by Neal V. Dawson & Mendel E. Singer & Leslie Lenert & Marian B. Patterson & Susie A. Sami & Iahn Gonsenhouser & Heather A. Lindstrom & Kathleen A. Smyth & Melissa J. Barber & Peter J. Whitehouse - 233-242 Quality-of-Life Tradeoffs for Hepatitis C Treatment: Do Patients and Providers Agree?
by Bruce R. Schackman & Paul A. Teixeira & Gil Weitzman & Alvin I. Mushlin & Ira M. Jacobson - 243-253 Use of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Determine Inventory Size for a National Cord Blood Bank
by David H. Howard & David Meltzer & Craig Kollman & Martin Maiers & Brent Logan & Loren Gragert & Michelle Setterholm & Mary M. Horowitz - 254-261 Resident Physicians' Life Expectancy Estimates and Colon Cancer Screening Recommendations in Elderly Patients
by Carmen L. Lewis & Charity G. Moore & Carol E. Golin & Jennifer Griffith & Alison Tytell-Brenner & Michael P. Pignone - 262-268 Variation in Practice: A Questionnaire Survey of How Congruence in Attitudes Between Doctors and Patients Influences Referral Decisions
by Benedicte Carlsen & Arild Aakvik & Ole F. Norheim - 269-276 Value-Induced Bias in Medical Decision Making
by Andrea Gurmankin Levy & John C. Hershey - 277-278 Book Review: Evidence-Based Medicine: In Its Place. By Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen and Gavin Mooney with 9 contributors. London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2006, 168 pages (paperback). ISBN: 978-0415394628
by Benjamin Djulbegovic
January 2008, Volume 28, Issue 1
- 1-97 29th Annual Meeting Of The Society For Medical Decision Making
by N/A - 5-8 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 9-11 Dissecting Disparities
by Jay S. Kaufman - 12-20 Race and Ethnic Disparities in Valuing Health
by Darrell J. Gaskin & Kevin D. Frick - 21-32 The Value of Implementation and the Value of Information: Combined and Uneven Development
by Elisabeth Fenwick & Karl Claxton & Mark Sculpher - 33-43 Identifying Research Priorities: The Value of Information Associated with Repeat Screening for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
by Laura Bojke & Karl Claxton & Mark J. Sculpher & Stephen Palmer - 44-55 A Second-Order Simulation Model of the Cost-Effectiveness of Managing Dyspepsia in the United States
by Pelham M. Barton & Paul Moayyedi & Nicholas J. Talley & Nimish B. Vakil & Brendan C. Delaney - 56-65 Value of Patient Time Invested in the Colonoscopy Screening Process: Time Requirements for Colonoscopy Study
by Daniel E. Jonas & Louise B. Russell & Robert S. Sandler & Jon Chou & Michael Pignone - 66-89 Comparing the Incomparable? A Systematic Review of Competing Techniques for Converting Descriptive Measures of Health Status into QALY-Weights
by Duncan Mortimer & Leonie Segal - 90-101 Construct Validity of the Bidding Game, Binary with Follow-up, and a Novel Structured Haggling Question Format in Determining Willingness to Pay for Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets
by Obinna Onwujekwe & Julia Fox-Rushby & Kara Hanson - 102-112 Predicting Utility Ratings for Joint Health States from Single Health States in Prostate Cancer: Empirical Testing of 3 Alternative Theories
by William Dale & Anirban Basu & Arthur Elstein & David Meltzer - 113-126 Estimation of a Preference-Based Index from a Condition-Specific Measure: The King's Health Questionnaire
by John Brazier & Carolyn Czoski-Murray & Jennifer Roberts & Martin Brown & Tara Symonds & Con Kelleher - 127-137 Influence of the Way Results Are Presented on Research Interpretation and Medical Decision Making: The PRIMER Collaboration Randomized Studies
by Thomas Philip Shakespeare & Val Gebski & Johann Tang & Keith Lim & Jiade Jay Lu & Xiaojian Zhang & Guoliang Jiang - 138-145 Physicians and Nurses Focus on Different Aspects of Guidelines When Deciding Whether to Adopt Them: An Application of Conjoint Analysis
by Astrid Goossens & Patrick M. M. Bossuyt & Rob J. de Haan - 146-149 Decision Curve Analysis: A Discussion
by Ewout W. Steyerberg & Andrew J. Vickers - 150-155 Author Index for Abstracts
by N/A - 156-156 Call for Nominations
by David Meltzer
November 2007, Volume 27, Issue 6
- 721-723 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 724-725 Measuring the Care of the Patient in Context
by Paul N. Gorman - 726-734 Evaluating Physician Performance at Individualizing Care: A Pilot Study Tracking Contextual Errors in Medical Decision Making
by Saul J. Weiner & Alan Schwartz & Rachel Yudkowsky & Gordon D. Schiff & Frances M. Weaver & Julie Goldberg & Kevin B. Weiss - 735-743 The Value of Bayes Theorem in the Interpretation of Subjective Diagnostic Findings: What Can We Learn from Agreement Studies?
by Mohsen Sadatsafavi & Alireza Moayyeri & Hossein Bahrami & Akbar Soltani - 744-753 Patterns of Use of Handheld Clinical Decision Support Tools in the Clinical Setting
by Feliciano Yu & Thomas K. Houston & Midge N. Ray & Duriel Q. Garner & Eta S. Berner