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August 2004, Volume 24, Issue 4
- 379-385 Women’s Preferences for Doctor’s Involvement in Decisions about Mammography Screening
by Eric Chamot & Agathe Charvet & Thomas V. Perneger - 386-398 Classification Algorithms for Hip Fracture Prediction Based on Recursive Partitioning Methods
by Hua Jin & Ying Lu & Steven T. Harris & Dennis M. Black & Katie Stone & Marc C. Hochberg & Harry K. Genant - 399-407 Exploration of a Bayesian Updating Methodology to Monitor the Safety of Interventional Cardiovascular Procedures
by Frederic S. Resnic & Kelly H. Zou & Daihung V. Do & George Apostolakis & Lucila Ohno-Machado - 408-420 Presidential Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Society for Medical Decision Making
by Arthur S. Elstein & Dennis G. Fryback & Milton C. Weinstein & Stephen G. Pauker & Margaret Holmes-Rovner & Mark J. Young & Michael J. Barry & Mark H. Eckman & M. G. Myriam Hunink & Joel Tsevat & John B. Wong - 421-421 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 422-446 Abstracts from the European Society for Medical Decision Making Meeting Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 7-8, 2004
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June 2004, Volume 24, Issue 3
- 243-246 Highlights of this Issue
by Peter Franks & Erica I. Lubetkin & Marthe R. Gold & Daniel J. Tancredi & Haomiao Jia & Patricia A. Carney & Joann G. Elmore & Linn A. Abraham & Martha S. Gerrity & R. Edward Hendrick & Stephen H. Taplin & William E. Barlow & Gary R. Cutter & Steven P. Poplack & Carl J. D’Orsie & Andrea D. Gurmankin & Jonathan Baron & Katrina Armstrong & Adam Oliver & David M. Kent & A. Mark Fendrick & Kenneth M. Langa & Fumie Yokota & Kimberly M. Thompson & Charles F. Babbs & Guangyong Zou - 247-254 Mapping the SF-12 to the EuroQol EQ-5D Index in a National US Sample
by Peter Franks & Erica I. Lubetkin & Marthe R. Gold & Daniel J. Tancredi & Haomiao Jia - 255-264 Radiologist Uncertainty and the Interpretation of Screening
by Patricia A. Carney & Joann G. Elmore & Linn A. Abraham & Martha S. Gerrity & R. Edward Hendrick & Stephen H. Taplin & William E. Barlow & Gary R. Cutter & Steven P. Poplack & Carl J. D’Orsi - 265-271 The Effect of Numerical Statements of Risk on Trust and Comfort with Hypothetical Physician Risk Communication
by Andrea D. Gurmankin & Jonathan Baron & Katrina Armstrong - 272-280 Prioritizing Health Care: Is “Health†Always an Appropriate Maximand?
by Adam Oliver - 281-286 New and Dis-Improved: On the Evaluation and Use of Less Effective, Less Expensive Medical Interventions
by David M. Kent & A. Mark Fendrick & Kenneth M. Langa - 287-298 Value of Information Literature Analysis: A Review of Applications in Health Risk Management
by Fumie Yokota & Kimberly M. Thompson - 299-312 Meta-Analysis of 2-Treatment Clinical Trials Including Both Continuous and Dichotomous Results
by Charles F. Babbs - 313-318 From Diagnostic Accuracy to Accurate Diagnosis: Interpreting a Test Result with Confidence
by Guangyong Zou - 319-319 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 320-320 Erratum
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March 2004, Volume 24, Issue 2
- 117-121 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 122-130 Influence of Clinical and Economical Factors on the Expert Rating of Appropriateness of Preoperative Use of Recombinant Erythropoietin in Elective Orthopedic Surgery Patients
by Patrick Taffé & Bernard Burnand & Vincent Wietlisbach & John-Paul Vader - 131-141 Parametric Mean Survival Time Analysis in Gastric Cancer Patients
by Shunzo Maetani & Toshifusa Nakajima & Toshikuni Nishikawa - 142-148 “Is 28% Good or Bad?†Evaluability and Preference Reversals in Health Care Decisions
by Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher & Angela Fagerlin & Peter A. Ubel - 149-159 Avoidance of Anticipated Regret: The Ordering of Prostate-Specific Antigen Tests
by Paul Clay Sorum & Etienne Mullet & Junseop Shim & Sylvie Bonnin-Scaon & Gérard Chasseigne & Joël Cogneau - 160-169 Predicting EuroQoL EQ-5D Preference Scores from the SF-12 Health Survey in a Nationally Representative Sample
by William F. Lawrence & John A. Fleishman - 170-180 The Validity of Person Tradeoff Measurements: Randomized Trial of Computer Elicitation Versus Face-to-Face Interview
by Laura J. Damschroder & Jonathan Baron & John C. Hershey & David A. Asch & Christopher Jepson & Peter A. Ubel - 181-191 HIV Prevention, Cost-Utility Analysis, and Race/Ethnicity: Methodological Considerations and Recommendations
by David R. Holtgrave - 192-206 A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating Information Technologies and Decision Support Systems for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
by Dena M. Bravata & Kathryn M. McDonald & Herbert Szeto & Wendy M. Smith & Chara Rydzak & Douglas K. Owens - 207-227 Expected Value of Sample Information Calculations in Medical Decision Modeling
by A. E. Ades & G. Lu & K. Claxton - 228-231 The Appropriateness Method
by Paul Shekelle - 232-234 Is Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Unfair?
by Louise B. Russell - 235-235 Negligence Law
by Dennis J. Mazur - 236-237 The State of the Field
by Alan Schwartz
January 2004, Volume 24, Issue 1
- 5-8 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 9-19 Cost-Effectiveness of Sibutramine in the Treatment of Obesity
by Emma Warren & Alan Brennan & Ron Akehurst - 20-29 Estimating the Prognosis of Hepatitis C Patients Infected by Transfusion in Canada between 1986 and 1990
by Murray Krahn & John B. Wong & Jenny Heathcote & Linda Scully & Leonard Seeff - 30-39 Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Vertical HIV Transmission from Pregnant Women Who Have Not Received Prenatal Care
by Joseph M. Mrus & Joel Tsevat - 40-52 Health State Utilities in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Patients with Heartburn: A Study in Germany and Sweden
by Bernt Kartman & Gudrun Gatz & Magnus Johannesson - 53-60 A Comparison of Narrative and Table Formats for Presenting Hypothetical Health States to Patients with Gastrointestinal or Pulmonary Disease
by Holger J. Schünemann & Elisabeth Ståhl & Peggy Austin & Elie Akl & David Armstrong & Gordon H. Guyatt - 61-63 The Relationship between the Visual Analog Scale and the SF-36 Scales in the General Population: An Update
by Amir Shmueli - 64-79 Alternative Medicine or “Alternative†Patients: A Qualitative Study of Patient-Oriented Decision-Making Processes with Respect to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
by Opher Caspi & Mary Koithan & Michael W. Criddle - 80-88 The GAME Estimate of Reduced Life Expectancy
by Wilbert B. van den Hout - 89-100 Gaussian Process Modeling in Conjunction with Individual Patient Simulation Modeling: A Case Study Describing the Calculation of Cost-Effectiveness Ratios for the Treatment of Established Osteoporosis
by M. D. Stevenson & J. Oakley & J. B. Chilcott - 101-101 Negligence Law
by Dennis J. Mazur - 102-104 Heterogeneity Bias: The Difference between Adjusted and Unadjusted Effects
by Ewout W. Steyerberg & Marinus J. C. Eijkemans
November 2003, Volume 23, Issue 6
- 463-470 What Is the Least Costly Strategy to Evaluate Cervical Abnormalities in Rural Women? Comparing Telemedicine, Local Practitioners, and Expert Physicians
by David M. Bishai & Daron G. Ferris & Mark S. Litaker - 471-479 Men with Prostate Cancer: Making Decisions about Complementary/Alternative Medicine
by Heather Boon & Judith Belle Brown & Alan Gavin & Kathleen Westlake - 480-488 Paper Standard Gamble: The Reliability of a Paper Questionnaire to Assess Utility
by Benjamin Littenberg & Steven Partilo & Anita Licata & Michael W. Kattan - 489-501 A Comparison of the Health Utilities Indices Mark 2 and Mark 3 in Type 2 Diabetes
by Sheri L. Maddigan & David H. Feeny & Jeffrey A. Johnson - 502-510 Attitudes, Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Actual End-of-Life Decisions of Physicians in Flanders, Belgium
by F. Mortier & J. Bilsen & R. H. Vander Stichele & J. Bernheim & L. Deliens - 511-517 Variations in Risk Attitude across Race, Gender, and Education
by Allison B. Rosen & Jerry S. Tsai & Stephen M. Downs - 518-525 When Is It Worth Introducing a Quality Improvement Program? A Mathematical Model
by Afschin Gandjour & Karl Wilhelm Lauterbach - 526-539 The Use of Fixed-and Random-Effects Models for Classifying Hospitals as Mortality Outliers: A Monte Carlo Assessment
by Peter C. Austin & David A. Alter & Jack V. Tu - 540-541 Book Review
by Cecile Janssens - 542-543 Letter to the Editor
by Paul F. M. Krabbe & Eddy M. M. Adang & Peep F. M. Stalmeier & Bruce R. Schackman & John Brazier & Milton C. Weinstein
November 2003, Volume 23, Issue 6_suppl
- 544-550 Post Presentations, Sunday
by N/A - 551-557 Poster Presentations, Monday
by N/A - 558-564 Oral Presentations, Monday
by N/A - 565-571 Poster Presentations, Tuesday
by N/A - 572-577 Oral Presentations, Tuesday
by N/A - 578-583 Poster Presentations, Wednesday
by N/A - 584-585 Oral Presentations, Wednesday
by N/A - 586-589 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making Abstract Author Index
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September 2003, Volume 23, Issue 5
- 357-360 Highlights Of This Issue
by N/A - 361-368 Use of Regression Modeling to Simulate Patient-Specific Decision Analysis for Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
by Joseph A. Johnston & Mark H. Eckman - 369-378 Public Response to Cost-Quality Tradeoffs in Clinical Decisions
by Mary Catherine Beach & David A. Asch & Christopher Jepson & John C. Hershey & Tara Mohr & Stacey McMorrow & Peter A. Ubel - 379-386 The Impact of Ignoring Population Heterogeneity when Markov Models are Used in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Gregory S. Zaric - 387-405 Risk Adjustment for People with Chronic Conditions in Private Sector Health Plans
by Tami L. Mark & Ronald J. Ozminkowski & Adele Kirk & Susan L. Ettner & John Drabek - 406-413 A Priori Risk and Optimal Test Accuracy in Prenatal Diagnostics
by Stefan Felder & Andreas Werblow & Bernt-Peter Robra - 414-421 Utilities Derived from Visual Analog Scale Scores in Patients with HIV/AIDS
by Joseph M. Mrus & Michael S. Yi & Kenneth A. Freedberg & Albert W. Wu & Robert Zackin & Heather Gorski & Joel Tsevat - 422-434 Effect of Assessment Method on the Discrepancy between Judgments of Health Disorders People have and do not have: A Web Study
by Jonathan Baron & David A. Asch & Angela Fagerlin & Christopher Jepson & George Loewenstein & Jason Riis & Margaret G. Stineman & Peter A. Ubel - 435-440 Validity of Standard Gamble Utilities as Measured by Transplant Readiness in Lung Transplant Candidates
by Lianne G. Singer & James Theodore & Michael K. Gould - 441-448 The Use of Gene Tests to Detect Hereditary Predisposition to Chronic Disease: Is Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Relevant?
by Nananda F. Col - 449-451 Book Reviews
by J. Hilden - 452-453 Book Reviews
by Donald E. Stanley
July 2003, Volume 23, Issue 4
- 275-280 A New Model of Medical Decisions: Exploring the Limits of Shared Decision Making
by Simon N. Whitney - 281-292 Validation of a Decision Regret Scale
by Jamie C. Brehaut & Annette M. O'Connor & Timothy J. Wood & Thomas F. Hack & Laura Siminoff & Elisa Gordon & Deb Feldman-Stewart - 293-300 Fast and Frugal Models of Clinical Judgment in Novice and Expert Physicians
by Frank Kee & John Jenkins & Seana McIlwaine & Chris Patterson & Sloan Harper & Michael Shields - 301-313 Why do Primary Care Physicians in the United States and France Order Prostate-Specific Antigen Tests for Asymptomatic Patients?
by Paul Clay Sorum & Junseop Shim & Gérard Chasseigne & Sylvie Bonnin-Scaon & Joël Cogneau & Etienne Mullet - 314-322 Preference-Based Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) in Children with Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSKDs)
by H. I. Brunner & D. Maker & B. Grundland & N. L. Young & V. Blanchette & A-M. Stain & B. M. Feldman - 323-334 Comparison of Directly Elicited Preferences to Preferences Derived from the SF-36 in Adults with Asthma
by Todd A. Lee & William Hollingworth & Sean D. Sullivan - 335-340 Switching Therapy in Health Economics Trials: Confronting the Confusion
by George W. Torrance & Michael F. Drummond & Valery Walker - 341-350 Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis for Decision Trees with Multiple Branches: Use of the Dirichlet Distribution in a Bayesian Framework
by Andrew H. Briggs & A. E. Ades & Martin J. Price - 351-351 Electronic Submission for Medical Decision Making
by Frank A. Sonnenberg
May 2003, Volume 23, Issue 3
- 191-193 Highlights of this Issue
by N/A - 194-211 Rationing Decisions and Individual Responsibility for Illness: Are all Lives Equal?
by Eve Wittenberg & Sue J. Goldie & Baruch Fischhoff & John D. Graham - 212-225 “Perfect Health†versus “Disease Free†: The Impact of Anchor Point Choice on the Measurement of Preferences and the Calculation of Disease-Specific Disutilities
by Joseph T. King Jr. & Mindi A. Styn & Joel Tsevat & Mark S. Roberts - 226-231 Unexplained Complaints in General Practice: Prevalence, Patients' Expectations, and Professionals' Test-Ordering Behavior
by Trudy van der Weijden & Monique van Velsen & Geert-Jan Dinant & Cathelijne M. van Hasselt & Richard Grol - 232-241 A Potential Error in Evaluating Cancer Screening: A Comparison of 2 Approaches for Modeling Underlying Disease Progression
by Sue J. Goldie & Karen M. Kuntz - 242-251 Properties of the Cumulative Risk-Adjusted Mortality (CRAM) Chart, Including the Number of Deaths Before a Doubling of the Death Rate is Detected
by Charalambos Sismanidis & Martin Bland & Jan Poloniecki - 252-264 A Bayesian Approach to Aid in Formulary Decision Making: Incorporating Institution-Specific Cost-Effectiveness Data with Clinical Trial Results
by Shelby D. Reed & Peter W. Dillingham & Andrew H. Briggs & David L. Veenstra & Sean D. Sullivan - 265-266 Book Review
by Roger Luckmann
March 2003, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 109-111 Highlights Of This Issue
by N/A - 112-121 Prediction of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Using Artificial Neural Networks
by Paul S. Heckerling & Ben S. Gerber & Thomas G. Tape & Robert S. Wigton - 122-130 Visual Acuity following Cataract Surgeries in Relation to Preoperative Appropriateness Ratings
by Joanne K. Tobacman & Bridget Zimmerman & Paul Lee & Lee Hilborne & Hansjoerg Kolder & Robert H. Brook - 131-139 The Relationship between Treatment Objectives and Practice Patterns in the Management of Urinary Tract Infections
by Stephen D. Flach & J. Craig Longenecker & Thomas G. Tape & Teresa J. Bryan & Connie Parenti & Robert S. Wigton - 140-149 A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Measurement Properties of 2 Direct Preference Instruments Administered with and without Hypothetical Marker States
by Holger J. Schünemann & Lauren Griffith & David Stubbing & Roger Goldstein & Gordon H. Guyatt - 150-159 Eliciting Willingness to Pay: Comparing Closed-Ended with Open-Ended and Payment Scale Formats
by Emma J. Frew & David K. Whynes & Jane L. Wolstenholme - 160-166 The Area under an ROC Curve with Limited Information
by Wilbert B. van den Hout - 167-176 Surgical Decisions for Early Stage, Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Which Racially Sensitive Perceptions of Cancer Are Likely to Explain Racial Variation in Surgery?
by Samuel Cykert & Nancy Phifer - 177-179 Performance of the RAND Appropriateness Criteria
by Amber E. Barnato & Alan M. Garber - 180-181 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 182-183 Book Review: Regression Modeling Strategies: With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic Regression, and Survival Analysis. By Frank E. Harrell Jr. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2001, 582 pages
by Mike Kattan - 184-185 Book Review: Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services. 2nd ed. Edited by Denise M. Oleske. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001, 401 pages
by Donald E. Stanley
January 2003, Volume 23, Issue 1
- 9-20 Long-Term HIV/AIDS Survival Estimation in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era
by Joseph T. King Jr. & Amy C. Justice & Mark S. Roberts & Chung-Chou H. Chang & Jennifer S. Fusco - 21-30 A Comparison of Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Methods to Determine the Performance of a Point of Care Test for Helicobacter pylori in the Office Setting
by Brendan C. Delaney & Roger L. Holder & Teresa F. Allan & Joyce E. Kenkre & F. D. Richard Hobbs - 31-37 The Reliability of Assessing the Appropriateness of Requested Diagnostic Tests
by Rianne Bindels & Arie Hasman & Jan W. J. van Wersch & Peter Pop & Ron A. G. Winkens - 38-53 Use of Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods to Model Cost-of-Illness Data
by Nicola J. Cooper & Alex J. Sutton & Miranda Mugford & Keith R. Abrams - 54-66 Model-Based Methodology for Analyzing Incomplete Quality-of-Life Data and Integrating Them into the Q-Twist Framework
by N. Mounier & C. Ferme & H. Flechtner & M. M. Henry-Amar & E. Lepage - 67-75 Toward Improved Methods for Measurement of Utility: Automated Repair of Errors in Elicitations
by Leslie A. Lenert & Ann Sturley & Marcia Rupnow - 76-82 Economic Evaluation of Vaccination Programs: The Impact of Herd-Immunity
by M. Brisson & W. J. Edmunds - 83-87 Smdm Presidential Address: Hearsay or Heresy—Are Health Decision Scientists Too Left Brained?
by Joel Tsevat - 88-89 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 90-91 Thinking and Deciding. 3rd ed. By Jonathan Baron. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press, 2001, 608 pages, index, paperback, $32.00, ISBN: 0-521-65972-8
by Arthur S. Elstein - 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