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November 2007, Volume 27, Issue 6
- 754-761 Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in General Practice: Mismatch between Cardiovascular Risk and Patients' Risk Perceptions
by T. van der Weijden & B. van Steenkiste & H.E.J.H. Stoffers & D.R.M. Timmermans & R. Grol - 762-771 Public Health Sealant Delivery Programs: Optimal Delivery and the Cost of Practice Acts
by Christina R. Scherrer & Paul M. Griffin & Julie L. Swann - 772-788 The Value of Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis and Management of Angina and Myocardial Infarction: A Probabilistic Economic Analysis
by Rodolfo Hernández & Luke Vale - 789-821 A Systematic Review of Cost-Utility Analyses in HIV/AIDS: Implications for Public Policy
by John Hornberger & Mark Holodniy & Katherine Robertus & Michael Winnike & Erin Gibson & Eric Verhulst - 822-823 Book Review: How Doctors Think, by Jerome Groopman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007, 307 pages. ISBN: 0-618-61003-0, and How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine, by Kathryn Montgomery. Oxford (UK): Oxford University Press, 2006, 246 pages. ISBN: 0-19-518712-1
by Lisa Lines
September 2007, Volume 27, Issue 5
- 516-521 Shared Decision Making, Decision Aids, and Risk Communication
by Mark Helfand - 522-532 ``It's My Body'': Does Patient Involvement in Decision Making Reduce Decisional Conflict?
by Heidemarie Kremer & Gail Ironson & Neil Schneiderman & Martin Hautzinger - 533-538 Participation in Medical Decision Making: The Patients' Perspective
by Liana Fraenkel & Sarah McGraw - 539-546 Shared Decision Making in the Medical Encounter: Are We All Talking about the Same Thing?
by Nora Moumjid & Amiram Gafni & Alain Brémond & Marie-Odile Carrère - 547-549 Incorporating Decision Analysis in Decision Aids
by Michael Pignone - 550-553 Aiding Medical Decision Making: A Communication Perspective
by Richard L. Street JR - 554-574 Do Patient Decision Aids Meet Effectiveness Criteria of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
by Annette M. O'Connor & Dawn Stacey & Michael J. Barry & Nananda F. Col & Karen B. Eden & Vikki Entwistle & Valerie Fiset & Margaret Holmes-Rovner & Sara Khangura & Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas & David R. Rovner - 575-584 Effectiveness of a Computerized Decision Aid in Primary Care on Decision Making and Quality of Life in Menorrhagia: Results of the MENTIP Randomized Controlled Trial
by Joanne Protheroe & Peter Bower & Carolyn Chew-Graham & Tim J. Peters & Tom Fahey - 585-598 Can Computerized Decision Support Help Patients Make Complex Treatment Decisions? A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Individualized Menopause Decision Aid
by Nananda F. Col & Long Ngo & Jennifer M. Fortin & Robert J. Goldberg & Annette M. O'Connor - 599-608 Are Patient Decision Aids the Best Way to Improve Clinical Decision Making? Report of the IPDAS Symposium
by Margaret Holmes-Rovner & Wendy L. Nelson & Michael Pignone & Glyn Elwyn & David R. Rovner & Annette M. O'Connor & Angela Coulter & Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo - 609-618 Rethinking the Objectives of Decision Aids: A Call for Conceptual Clarity
by Wendy L. Nelson & Paul K. J. Han & Angela Fagerlin & Michael Stefanek & Peter A. Ubel - 619-625 Patient Decision Aids to Support Clinical Decision Making: Evaluating the Decision or the Outcomes of the Decision
by Kirsten McCaffery & Les Irwig & Patrick Bossuyt - 626-634 Communication and Decision Making in Cancer Care: Setting Research Priorities for Decision Support/Patients' Decision Aids
by Amber E. Barnato & Hilary A. Llewellyn-Thomas & Ellen M. Peters & Laura Siminoff & E. Dale Collins & Michael J. Barry - 635-637 Contingent or Universal Approaches to Patient Deficiencies in Health Numeracy
by Robert M. Hamm & David E. Bard & Elaine Hsieh & Howard F. Stein - 638-654 A Meta-analysis of the Effects of Presenting Treatment Benefits in Different Formats
by Judith Covey - 655-662 The Drug Facts Box: Providing Consumers with Simple Tabular Data on Drug Benefit and Harm
by Lisa M. Schwartz & Steven Woloshin & H. Gilbert Welch - 663-671 Validation of the Subjective Numeracy Scale: Effects of Low Numeracy on Comprehension of Risk Communications and Utility Elicitations
by Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher & Dylan M. Smith & Peter A. Ubel & Angela Fagerlin - 672-680 Measuring Numeracy without a Math Test: Development of the Subjective Numeracy Scale
by Angela Fagerlin & Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher & Peter A. Ubel & Aleksandra Jankovic & Holly A. Derry & Dylan M. Smith - 681-695 Communicating the Uncertainty of Harms and Benefits of Medical Interventions
by Mary C. Politi & Paul K. J. Han & Nananda F. Col - 696-713 Numeric, Verbal, and Visual Formats of Conveying Health Risks: Suggested Best Practices and Future Recommendations
by Isaac M. Lipkus
July 2007, Volume 27, Issue 4
- -1--2 28th Annual Meeting Of The Society For Medical Decision Making
by N/A - -3--4 2006 European Society For Medical Decision Making Meeting
by N/A - 345-349 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 350-351 Guidance on Good Practice in Cost-Effectiveness Modeling: Is More Needed?
by Christopher McCabe - 352-363 Medicaid, Medicare, and the Michigan Tumor Registry: A Linkage Strategy
by Cathy J. Bradley & Charles W. Given & Zhehui Luo & Caralee Roberts & Glenn Copeland & Beth A. Virnig - 364-379 The Decision to Conduct a Head-to-Head Comparative Trial: A Game-Theoretic Analysis
by Edward C. Mansley & Elamin H. Elbasha & Steven M. Teutsch & Marc L. Berger - 380-386 Improving the Decision to Pursue a Phase 3 Clinical Trial by Adjusting for Patient-Specific Factors in Evaluating Phase 2 Treatment Efficacy Data
by Glenn Heller & Michael W. Kattan & Howard I. Scher - 387-394 Relative Influence of Antibiotic Therapy Attributes on Physician Choice in Treating Acute Uncomplicated Pyelonephritis
by Jessina C. McGregor & Anthony D. Harris & Jon P. Furuno & Douglas D. Bradham & Eli N. Perencevich - 395-405 Quantification of Health States with Rank-Based Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling
by Paul F. M. Krabbe & Joshua A. Salomon & Christopher J. L. Murray - 406-413 Extrinsic Goals and Time Tradeoff
by Marjon van der Pol & Alan Shiell - 414-422 Abnormal Outcomes Following Cervical Cancer Screening: Event Duration and Health Utility Loss
by Ralph P. Insinga & Andrew G. Glass & Evan R. Myers & Brenda B. Rush - 423-437 Does Concordance with Guideline Triage Recommendations Affect Clinical Care of Patients with Possible Acute Coronary Syndrome?
by David A. Katz & Jeffrey Dawson & Joni R. Beshansky & Peter S. Rahko & Tom P. Aufderheide & Mark Bogner & Hocine Tighouart & Harry P. Selker - 438-447 A Cautionary Note on Data Sources for Evidence-Based Clinical Decisions: Warfarin and Stroke Prevention
by Richard Thomson & Martin Eccles & Ruth Wood & David J. Chinn - 448-470 Calculating Partial Expected Value of Perfect Information via Monte Carlo Sampling Algorithms
by Alan Brennan & Samer Kharroubi & Anthony O'Hagan & Jim Chilcott - 471-490 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Data from Multinational Trials: The Use of Bivariate Hierarchical Modeling
by Andrea Manca & Paul C. Lambert & Mark Sculpher & Nigel Rice - 491-499 A Critique and Impact Analysis of Decision Modeling Assumptions
by Jonathan Karnon & Alan Brennan & Ron Akehurst - 500-505 Abstract Author Index
by N/A - 506-507 Abstract Author Index
by N/A - 508-509 Information for Authors
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May 2007, Volume 27, Issue 3
- 225-228 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 229-230 The Significance of Using US-Valued EQ-5D Health States for Comparative Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Studies in US Populations
by Wilhelmine Miller - 231-232 Is All Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Local?
by Louise B. Russell - 233-242 Racial Differences in Hospital Discharge Disposition among Stroke Patients in Maryland
by Ebere Onukwugha & C. Daniel Mullins - 243-249 Should We Promote Organ Donor Registries When So Few Registrants Will End Up Being Donors?
by David H. Howard & Margaret M. Byrne - 250-265 A Graphical Decision-Theoretic Model for Neonatal Jaundice
by Manuel Gómez & Concha Bielza & Juan A. Fernández del Pozo & Sixto RÃos-Insua - 266-280 Why People Refuse to Make Tradeoffs in Person Tradeoff Elicitations: A Matter of Perspective?
by Laura J. Damschroder & Todd R. Roberts & Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher & Peter A. Ubel - 281-287 Do Risk Attitudes Differ across Domains and Respondent Types?
by Lisa A. Prosser & Eve Wittenberg - 288-298 A Review and Meta-Analysis of Prostate Cancer Utilities
by Karen E. Bremner & Christopher A. K. Y. Chong & George Tomlinson & Shabbir M. H. Alibhai & Murray D. Krahn - 299-310 The Default Effect in End-of-Life Medical Treatment Preferences
by Laura M. Kressel & Gretchen B. Chapman - 311-320 Factors Influencing Surgeons' Decisions in Elective Cosmetic Surgery Consultations
by Sharon A. Cook & Robert Rosser & M. Ian James & Sue Kaney & Peter Salmon - 321-326 A Comparison of EQ-5D Index Scores Derived from the US and UK Population-Based Scoring Functions
by Nan Luo & Jeffrey A. Johnson & James W. Shaw & Stephen Joel Coons - 327-334 The Implications of Using US-Specific EQ-5D Preference Weights for Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
by Katia Noyes & Andrew W. Dick & Robert G. Holloway - 335-336 Abstract Author Index
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March 2007, Volume 27, Issue 2
- 89-92 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 93-95 Cost-Effectiveness Acceptability Curves in the Dock
by Elisabeth Fenwick & Andrew Briggs - 96-97 The Acceptability of Acceptability Curves
by Alan Schwartz - 98-100 Medical Decision Making and Electronic Publishing
by Mark Helfand & Lauren Saxton - 101-111 Limitations of Acceptability Curves for Presenting Uncertainty in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Bas Groot Koerkamp & M.G. Myriam Hunink & Theo Stijnen & James K. Hammitt & Karen M. Kuntz & Milton C. Weinstein - 112-127 Value of Information on Preference Heterogeneity and Individualized Care
by Anirban Basu & David Meltzer - 128-137 Efficiency, Equity, and Budgetary Policies
by David M. Epstein & Zaid Chalabi & Karl Claxton & Mark Sculpher - 138-150 Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis: New Estimates from the Human Capital Method and Comparison to the Willingness-to-Pay Method
by Bruno Fautrel & Ann E. Clarke & Francis Guillemin & Viviane Adam & Yvan St-Pierre & Tina Panaritis & Paul R. Fortin & Henri A. Menard & Cam Donaldson & John R. Penrod - 151-160 Decision to Implant a Cardioverter Defibrillator after Myocardial Infarction: The Role of Ejection Fraction v. Other Risk Factor Markers
by James J. Bailey & Morrison Hodges & Timothy R. Church - 161-177 Cost-Effectiveness of Echocardiography to Identify Intracardiac Thrombus among Patients with First Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
by Richard T. Meenan & Somnath Saha & Roger Chou & Karleen Swarztrauber & Kathryn Pyle Krages & Maureen C. O'Keeffe-Rosetti & Marian McDonagh & Benjamin K. S. Chan & Mark C. Hornbrook & Mark Helfand - 178-188 A Real Options Approach to Watchful Waiting: Theory and an Illustration
by Tarn Driffield & Peter C. Smith - 189-202 Patients Derogate Physicians Who Use a Computer-Assisted Diagnostic Aid
by Hal R. Arkes & Victoria A. Shaffer & Mitchell A. Medow - 203-211 The Influence of Irrelevant Anchors on the Judgments and Choices of Doctors and Patients
by Noel T. Brewer & Gretchen B. Chapman & Janet A. Schwartz & George R. Bergus - 212-214 Correction: Interpretation of Random Effects Meta-analysis in Decision Models
by N.J. Welton & I.R. White & G. Lu & J.P.T. Higgins & J. Hilden & A.E. Ades
January 2007, Volume 27, Issue 1
- 5-8 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 9-20 Assessing the Accuracy of Hospital Clinical Performance Measures
by Sharon-Lise T. Normand & Robert E. Wolf & John Z. Ayanian & Barbara J. McNeil - 21-26 Cost-Utility Analysis When Not Everyone Wants the Treatment: Modeling Split-Choice Bias
by Richard Lilford & Alan Girling & David Braunholtz & Wayne Gillett & Jason Gordon & Celia A. Brown & Andrew Stevens - 27-33 Quality-of-Life Assessment When There Is a Loss of Income
by John Myers & Steven McCabe & Stephan Gohmann - 34-43 Further Insight into the Perception of Quantitative Information: Judgments of Gist in Treatment Decisions
by Deb Feldman-Stewart & Michael D. Brundage & Vladimir Zotov - 44-52 Bedside Rationing by Health Practitioners: A Case Study in a Ugandan Hospital
by Lydia Kapiriri & Douglas K. Martin - 53-60 Why Are Clinicians Reluctant to Treat Smear-Negative Tuberculosis? An Inquiry about Treatment Thresholds in Rwanda
by Paulin Basinga & Juan Moreira & Zeno Bisoffi & Bettina Bisig & Jef Van den Ende - 61-70 Measuring Health Preferences for Health Utilities Index Mark 3 Health States: A Study of Feasibility and Preference Differences among Ethnic Groups in Singapore
by Nan Luo & Qinan Wang & David Feeny & Geraldine Chen & Shu-Chuen Li & Julian Thumboo - 71-81 A Little Planning Goes a Long Way: Multilevel Allocation of HIV Prevention Resources
by Gregory S. Zaric & Margaret L. Brandeau
November 2006, Volume 26, Issue 6
- 561-564 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 565-574 Decision Curve Analysis: A Novel Method for Evaluating Prediction Models
by Andrew J. Vickers & Elena B. Elkin - 575-582 Failure to Adopt Beneficial Therapies Caused by Bias in Medical Evidence Evaluation
by Scott K. Aberegg & Hal Arkes & Peter B. Terry - 583-588 Teaching Medical Decision Modeling: A Qualitative Description of Student Errors and Curriculum Responses
by Kenneth J. Smith & Amber E. Barnato & Mark S. Roberts - 589-598 Impact of an Educational Video on Patient Decision Making in Early Breast Cancer Treatment
by Edwin G. Wilkins & Julie C. Lowery & Laurel A. Copeland & Sherry L. Goldfarb & Patricia A. Wren & Nancy K. Janz - 599-605 Physician Practice Patterns: Chest X-Ray Ordering for the Evaluation of Acute Cough Illness in Adults
by Eva Aagaard & Judy Maselli & Ralph Gonzales - 606-616 The Impact of Unstable Angina Guidelines in the Triage of Emergency Department Patients with Possible Acute Coronary Syndrome
by David A. Katz & Tom P. Aufderheide & Mark Bogner & Peter R. Rahko & Roger L. Brown & Lisa M. Brown & Matthew E. Prekker & Harry P. Selker - 617-623 FluSurge—A Tool to Estimate Demand for Hospital Services during the Next Pandemic Influenza
by Xinzhi Zhang & Martin I. Meltzer & Pascale M. Wortley - 624-632 Misleading Measurements: Modeling the Effects of Blood Pressure Misclassification in a United States Population
by Tom Marshall - 633-635 Commentary on Mobley and Others: Importance of Assumptions About VTE Mortality in Modeling the Cost-effectiveness of Osteoporosis Therapies
by Eric S. Meadows & John Stock & Joseph A. Johnston - 636-637 Response to Meadows and Others
by Lee R. Mobley & Thomas Hoerger & John Wittenborn - 638-643 Index to Medical Decision Making Volume 26
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September 2006, Volume 26, Issue 5
- 429-430 Bayesian Statistics
by Donald A. Berry - 431-433 Posterior Progress
by Clyde B. Schechter - 434-446 Impact of Model, Methodological, and Parameter Uncertainty in the Economic Analysis of Vaccination Programs
by M. Brisson & W. J. Edmunds - 447-466 The Impact of Unmeasured Clinical Variables on the Accuracy of Hospital Report Cards: A Monte Carlo Study
by Peter C. Austin - 467-479 Collective Equipoise, Disappointment, and the Therapeutic Misconception: On the Consequences of Selection for Clinical Research
by Margaret M. Byrne & Peter Thompson - 480-496 An Iterative Bayesian Approach to Health Technology Assessment: Application to a Policy of Preoperative Optimization for Patients Undergoing Major Elective Surgery
by Elisabeth Fenwick & Steve Palmer & Karl Claxton & Mark Sculpher & Keith Abrams & Alex Sutton - 497-511 Estimation of Mortality Rates for Disease Simulation Models Using Bayesian Evidence Synthesis
by Pamela M. McMahon & Alan M. Zaslavsky & Milton C. Weinstein & Karen M. Kuntz & Jane C. Weeks & G. Scott Gazelle - 512-534 Large-Sample Bayesian Posterior Distributions for Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis
by Gordon B. Hazen & Min Huang - 535-549 A Simulation Model to Estimate the Cost and Effectiveness of Alternative Dialysis Initiation Strategies
by Chris P. Lee & Glenn M. Chertow & Stefanos A. Zenios - 550-553 Increasing the Efficiency of Monte Carlo Cohort Simulations with Variance Reduction Techniques
by Steven M. Shechter & Andrew J. Schaefer & R. Scott Braithwaite & Mark S. Roberts - 554-556 Information for Authors
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July 2006, Volume 26, Issue 4
- 300-300 Web-Based Resources for Modelers from Medical Decision Making
by Mark Helfand - 301-303 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 304-306 The Transient Nature of Utilities and Health Preferences
by Olga Kostopoulou - 307-309 As Good As It Gets but Good Enough for Which Applications?
by David Feeny - 310-312 National Health Preference Data: A Useful Resource for Health Services Research
by Dennis A. Revicki - 313-322 Context Changes Choices: A Prospective Study of the Effects of Hospitalization on Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences
by Peter H. Ditto & Jill A. Jacobson & William D. Smucker & Joseph H. Danks & Angela Fagerlin - 323-337 Being There Is Important, but Getting There Matters Too: The Role of Path in the Valuation Process
by Julie H. Goldberg - 338-346 Exploring the Reference Point in Prospect Theory: Gambles for Length of Life
by Sylvie M. C. van Osch & Wilbert B. van den Hout & Anne M. Stiggelbout - 347-359 Process Utility in Breast Biopsy
by J. Shannon Swan & William F. Lawrence & Jessica Roy - 360-372 A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Decision Aid for Women at Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer
by K. Tiller & B. Meiser & C. Gaff & J. Kirk & T. Dudding & K.-A. Phillips & M. Friedlander & K. Tucker - 373-390 Impact of the Ottawa Decision Support Framework on the Agreement and the Difference between Patients' and Physicians' Decisional Conflict
by France Légaré & Annette M. O'Connor & Ian D. Graham & Georges A. Wells & Stéphane Tremblay - 391-400 Report of Nationally Representative Values for the Noninstitutionalized US Adult Population for 7 Health-Related Quality-of-Life Scores
by Janel Hanmer & William F. Lawrence & John P. Anderson & Robert M. Kaplan & Dennis G. Fryback - 401-409 Mapping the EQ-5D Index from the SF-12: US General Population Preferences in a Nationally Representative Sample
by Patrick W. Sullivan & Vahram Ghushchyan - 410-420 Preference-Based EQ-5D Index Scores for Chronic Conditions in the United States
by Patrick W. Sullivan & Vahram Ghushchyan
May 2006, Volume 26, Issue 3
- 217-219 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 220-222 Using Health State Classification Systems for Utility Elicitation in the Elderly
by Dan Greenberg & Joseph S. Pliskin - 223-225 Health State Classification Systems: How Comparable Are Our Cost-Effectiveness Ratios?
by Anne M. Stiggelbout - 226-238 Implications of Cancer Staging Uncertainties in Radiation Therapy Decisions
by Robert C. Lee & Edidiong Ekaette & Karie-Lynn Kelly & Peter Craighead & Chris Newcomb & Peter Dunscombe - 239-246 Validity of Criteria Used to Evaluate Fingerstick Devices That Assess International Normalized Ratio
by Kenneth M. Shermock & Jason T. Connor & Nicole T. Smith & Jodie M. Fink & Lee Bragg - 247-254 Assessing Health State Utilities in Elderly Patients at Cardiovascular Risk
by Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer & Joshua S. Benner & Robert J. Glynn & Sebastian Schneeweiss & Philip S. Wang & M. Alan Brookhart & Raisa Levin & Joseph D. Jackson & Jerry Avorn - 255-264 Judgment Analysis of Surgeons’ Prioritization of Patients for Elective General Surgery
by Andrew D. MacCormick & Bryan R. Parry - 265-272 Collecting Direct Non-Health Care and Time Cost Data: Application to Screening and Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer
by Scott B. Cantor & Lawrence B. Levy & Marylou Cárdenas-Turanzas & Karen Basen-Engquist & Tao Le & J. Robert Beck & Michele Follen - 273-281 Drug Benefit Decisions among Older Adults: A Policy-Capturing Analysis
by Richard R. Cline & Kiran Gupta - 282-293 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Screening for Celiac Disease in the Adult Population
by Raanan Shamir & Olle Hernell & Moshe Leshno
March 2006, Volume 26, Issue 2
- 101-105 Highlights of this Issue
by N/A - 106-109 How Successful Are We at Protecting Preferences? Consent, Informed Consent, Advance Directives, and Substituted Judgment
by Dennis J. Mazur - 110-111 Patient-Physician Fit: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
by Edward Krupat - 112-121 Predictors of Patient Treatment Preferences and Spouse Substituted Judgments: The Case of Dialysis Continuation
by Rachel A. Pruchno & Edward P. Lemay Jr & Lucy Feild & Norman G. Levinsky - 122-133 Patient-Physician Fit: An Exploratory Study of a Multidimensional Instrument
by Alan Schwartz & Memoona Hasnain & Arnold R. Eiser & Elizabeth Lincoln & Arthur S. Elstein - 134-144 Apparent and Internal Validity of a Monte Carlo–Markov Model for Cardiovascular Disease in a Cohort Follow-up Study
by Rogier L. Nijhuis & Theo Stijnen & Anna Peeters & Jacqueline C.M. Witteman & Albert Hofman & M. G. Myriam Hunink - 145-153 Toward Targeted Hypertension Screening Guidelines
by Stef van Buuren & Hendriek C. Boshuizen & Sijmen A. Reijneveld - 154-161 Supervision of Students May Protect Academic Physicians from Cognitive Bias: A Study of Decision Making and Multiple Treatment Alternatives in Medicine
by Todd Eric Roswarski & Michael D. Murray - 162-172 Engineering Risk Analysis of a Hospital Oxygen Supply System
by Léa A. Deleris & Gee Liek Yeo & Adam Seiver & M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell - 173-181 Inconsistencies in TTO and VAS Values for EQ-5D Health States
by Leida M. Lamers & Peep F. M. Stalmeier & Paul F. M. Krabbe & Jan J. V. Busschbach - 182-193 The Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Reduce Mortality from an Intentional Release of Aerosolized Anthrax Spores
by R. Scott Braithwaite & Douglas Fridsma & Mark S. Roberts - 194-206 Cost-Effectiveness of Osteoporosis Screening and Treatment with Hormone Replacement Therapy, Raloxifene, or Alendronate
by Lee R. Mobley & Thomas J. Hoerger & John S. Wittenborn & Deborah A. Galuska & Jaya K. Rao - 207-209 Information for Authors
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January 2006, Volume 26, Issue 1
- 1-79 Abstracts
by N/A - 5-5 Highlights of this Issue
by N/A - 9-17 An Alternative Approach to Reducing the Costs of Patient Care? A Controlled Trial of the Multi-Disciplinary Doctor-Nurse Practitioner (MDNP) Model
by Susan L. Ettner & Jenny Kotlerman & Abdelmonem Afifi & Sondra Vazirani & Ron D. Hays & Martin Shapiro & Marie Cowan - 18-29 Estimating the Association between SF-12 Responses and EQ-5D Utility Values by Response Mapping
by Alastair M. Gray & Oliver Rivero-Arias & Philip M. Clarke - 30-37 Valuation Structures of Health States Revealed with Singular Value Decomposition
by Paul F. M. Krabbe - 38-47 Reassessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Meningococcal Serogroup C Conjugate (MCC) Vaccines Using a Transmission Dynamic Model
by Caroline L. Trotter & W. John Edmunds - 48-56 Physician Evaluation after Medical Errors: Does Having a Computer Decision Aid Help or Hurt in Hindsight?
by Mark V. Pezzo & Stephanie P. Pezzo - 57-62 Cross-sectional Analysis of Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Going to Meet the Inconsistencies
by Jacobus T. van Wyk & Marc A. M. van Wijk & Peter W. Moorman & Johan van der Lei - 63-75 Determining Indications for Care Common to Competing Guidelines by Using Classification Tree Analysis: Application to the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Medical Inpatients
by Jean-Luc Bosson & Jose Labarere - 76-85 Primary Care Physician Specialty Referral Decision Making: Patient, Physician, and Health Care System Determinants
by Christopher B. Forrest & Paul A. Nutting & Sarah von Schrader & Charles Rohde & Barbara Starfield - 86-87 Call for Nominations for SMDM Awards
by N/A - 88-90 Information for Authors
by N/A - 91-96 Abstract Author Index
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November 2005, Volume 25, Issue 6
- 601-604 Highlights of this Issue
by N/A - 605-606 Does Willingness to Pay per Quality-Adjusted Life Year Bring Us Closer to a Useful Decision Rule for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis?
by Daniel Polsky - 607-608 Einstein on Willingness to Pay per QALY: Is There a Better Way?
by F. Reed Johnson - 609-613 Can Prospect Theory Explain Risk-Seeking Behavior by Terminally Ill Patients?
by Emma B. Rasiel & Kevin P. Weinfurt & Kevin A. Schulman - 614-619 Cure Me Even If It Kills Me: Preferences for Invasive Cancer Treatment
by Angela Fagerlin & Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher & Peter A. Ubel - 620-632 Incorporating Biological Natural History in Simulation Models: Empirical Estimates of the Progression of End-Stage Liver Disease
by Oguzhan Alagoz & Cindy L. Bryce & Steven Shechter & Andrew Schaefer & Chung-Chou H. Chang & Derek C. Angus & Mark S. Roberts - 633-645 Estimation of Markov Chain Transition Probabilities and Rates from Fully and Partially Observed Data: Uncertainty Propagation, Evidence Synthesis, and Model Calibration
by Nicky J. Welton & A. E. Ades - 646-654 The Interpretation of Random-Effects Meta-Analysis in Decision Models
by A. E. Ades & G. Lu & J. P. T. Higgins - 655-666 Willingness to Pay per Quality-Adjusted Life Year in a Study of Knee Osteoarthritis
by Margaret M. Byrne & Kimberly O’Malley & Maria E. Suarez-Almazor - 667-677 Willingness to Pay for a Quality-Adjusted Life Year: Implications for Societal Health Care Resource Allocation
by Joseph T. King Jr. & Joel Tsevat & Judith R. Lave & Mark S. Roberts - 678-680 Local Applicability of Clinical and Model-Based Probability Estimates
by Ewout W. Steyerberg - 681-687 Index to Medical Decision Making
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September 2005, Volume 25, Issue 5
- 481-484 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 485-486 Comparing Model Structures in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Louise B. Russell - 487-489 Evidence Synthesis and Evidence-Based Decision Making: Related But Distinct Processes
by Steven M. Teutsch & Marc L. Berger - 490-492 Comprehensive Evaluations of Health Care Interventions: The Realism-Transparency Tradeoff
by John Hornberger & Katherine Robertus - 493-510 Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of New Pharmaceuticals in Epilepsy in Adults: The Results of a Probabilistic Decision Model
by Neil Hawkins & David Epstein & Michael Drummond & Jennifer Wilby & Anita Kainth & David Chadwick & Mark Sculpher - 511-519 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Treatments for Chronic Disease: Using R to Incorporate Time Dependency of Treatment Response
by Neil Hawkins & Mark Sculpher & David Epstein - 520-533 Analytic Choices in Economic Models of Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis: What Makes a Difference?
by M. F. Drummond & M. Barbieri & J. B. Wong - 534-547 Combining Registry, Primary, and Secondary Data Sources to Identify the Impact of Cancer on Labor Market Outcomes
by Cathy J. Bradley & David Neumark & Kathleen Oberst & Zhehui Luo & Simone Brennan & Maryjean Schenk - 548-559 Preference-Based Antithrombotic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation: Implications for Clinical Decision Making
by Malcolm Man-Son-Hing & Brian F. Gage & Alan A. Montgomery & Alistair Howitt & Richard Thomson & P. J. Devereaux & Joanne Protheroe & Tom Fahey & David Armstrong & Andreas Laupacis - 560-570 Comparing the Standard Rating Scale and the Magnifier Scale for Assessing Risk Perceptions
by Andrea D. Gurmankin & Marie Helweg-Larsen & Katrina Armstrong & Stephen E. Kimmel & Kevin G. M. Volpp - 571-582 Community Blood Supply Model: Development of a New Model to Assess the Safety, Sufficiency, and Cost of the Blood Supply
by Brian Custer & Eric S. Johnson & Sean D. Sullivan & Tom K. Hazlet & Scott D. Ramsey & Edward L. Murphy & Michael P. Busch - 583-584 Book Review: Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values
by Brendan Delaney & T. H. Iqbal - 584-584 Book Review: Decision Making in Health Care: Theory, Psychology and Applications
by Brendan Delaney - 585-586 Request for Book Reviewers
by N/A - 587-588 Property
by Dennis J. Mazur - 592-592 Society for Medical Decision Making 27th Annual Meeting
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July 2005, Volume 25, Issue 4
- 361-365 Highlights of this Issue
by N/A - 366-369 Designing Trials and Deciding on Therapy in Complex Diseases: What Can We Do to Improve?
by William A. Knaus - 370-373 “Bridging On the River Kwai†: The Perioperative Management of Anticoagulation Therapy
by Mark H. Eckman - 374-386 Determinants of Mortality in Patients with Severe Sepsis
by Joseph A. Johnston - 387-397 Perioperative Management of Patients on Oral Anticoagulants: A Decision Analysis
by Andrew S. Dunn & Juan Wisnivesky & Warren Ho & Carlton Moore & Thomas McGinn & Henry S. Sacks - 398-405 Reducing the Influence of Anecdotal Reasoning on People’s Health Care Decisions: Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Statistics?
by Angela Fagerlin & Catharine Wang & Peter A. Ubel - 406-415 Methods to Estimate the Optimal Threshold for Normally or Log-Normally Distributed Biological Tests
by Jérôme Jund & Muriel Rabilloud & Martine Wallon & René Ecochard - 416-423 How Sensitive Are Cost-Effectiveness Analyses to Choice of Parametric Distributions?
by Simon G. Thompson & Richard M. Nixon - 424-428 Quality of Abstracts of Papers Reporting Original Cost-Effectiveness Analyses
by Allison B. Rosen & Dan Greenberg & Patricia W. Stone & Natalia V. Olchanski & Peter J. Neumann - 429-436 Can We Better Prioritize Resources for Cost-Utility Research?
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