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December 2001, Volume 21, Issue 6
- 512-513 Determining the Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve for a Binary Diagnostic Test: Best Is Not Always Ideal
by Gerrit Jager - 514-514 Reply to Jager
by Scott B. Cantor & Michael W. Kattan - 515-516 The Aftermath: Knowledge and Uncertainty
by N/A - 517-548 Abstracts from the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making
by N/A - 549-551 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making Abstract Author Index
by N/A - 552-557 Index to Medical Decision Making Volume 21
by N/A
October 2001, Volume 21, Issue 5
- 341-343 Highlights of this Issue
by N/A - 344-356 Effect of Written and Computerized Decision Support Aids for the U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Depression Guidelines on the Evaluation of Hypothetical Clinical Scenarios
by Mitchell A. Medow & Timothy J. Wilt & Signe Dysken & Steve D. Hillson & Sharon Woods & Steven J. Borowsky - 357-367 Cost-effectiveness of Harm Reduction in Preventing Hepatitis C among Injection Drug Users
by Harold A. Pollack - 368-375 Identifying Diagnostic Errors with Induced Decision Trees
by Catherine K. Murphy - 376-381 The Beguiling Pursuit of More Information
by Donald A. Redelmeier & Eldar Shafir & Prince S. Aujla - 382-390 Assessing Values for Health: Numeracy Matters
by Steven Woloshin & Lisa M. Schwartz & Megan Moncur & Sherine Gabriel & Anna N. A. Tosteson - 391-408 Optimal Investment in a Portfolio of HIV Prevention Programs
by Gregory S. Zaric & Margaret L. Brandeau - 409-417 Parametric Three-Way Receiver Operating Characteristic Surface Analysis Using Mathematica
by Paul S. Heckerling - 419-420 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur
August 2001, Volume 21, Issue 4
- 257-266 Dynamic Analysis of Liver Allocation Policies
by David H. Howard - 267-277 In Search of Tools to Aid Logical Thinking and Communicating about Medical Decision Making
by M. G. Myriam Hunink - 278-287 Revising a Priority List Based on Cost-Effectiveness
by Jonathan Baron & Peter A. Ubel - 288-294 An Off-the-Shelf Help List
by Chaim M. Bell & Richard H. Chapman & Patricia W. Stone & Eileen A. Sandberg & Peter J. Neumann - 295-306 Stability of Patients’ Preferences for Chemotherapy
by Sylvia J. T. Jansen & Job Kievit & Marianne A. Nooij & Anne M. Stiggelbout - 307-323 Does Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Make a Difference?
by Michael D. Hagen & Alan M. Garber & Sue J. Goldie & Jennifer Elston Lafata & Jeanne Mandelblatt & David Meltzer & Peter Neumann & Joanna E. Siegel & Harold C. Sox Jr. & Joel Tsevat - 324-328 Rationing versus Rationality
by Terri Jackson - 329-334 Visual Analog Scales
by George W. Torrance & David Feeny & William Furlong - 335-336 Law and Ethics
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May 2001, Volume 21, Issue 3
- 95-109 Erratum
by N/A - 163-169 Risk-Adjusted Monitoring of Binary Surgical Outcomes
by Stefan H. Steiner & Richard J. Cook & Vern T. Farewell - 170-179 Decision-Case Mix Model for Analyzing Variation in Cesarean Rates
by Leslie Eldenburg & William S. Waller - 180-189 Preference for Equity As a Framing Effect
by Peter A. Ubel & Jonathan Baron & David A. Asch - 190-199 Do Nonpatients Underestimate the Quality of Life Associated with Chronic Health Conditions because of a Focusing Illusion?
by Peter A. Ubel & George Loewenstein & John Hershey & Jonathan Baron & Tara Mohr & David A. Asch & Christopher Jepson - 200-207 What Should Be Reported in a Methods Section on Utility Assessment?
by Peep F. M. Stalmeier & M. K. Goldstein & A. M. Holmes & L. Lenert & J. Miyamoto & A. M. Stiggelbout & G. W. Torrance & J. Tsevat - 208-218 Choice-Matching Preference Reversals in Health Outcome Assessments
by Walton Sumner II & Robert F. Nease Jr. - 219-230 Bayesian Assessment of Sample Size for Clinical Trials of Cost-Effectiveness
by Anthony O’Hagan & John W. Stevens - 231-240 Women’s Views on Breast Cancer Risk and Screening Mammography
by E. Silverman & S. Woloshin & L. M. Schwartz & S. J. Byram & H. G. Welch & B. Fischhoff - 241-247 Patient-Centered Decision Making
by Mark H. Eckman - 248-249 Industrial Engineering and the Practice of Medicine
by Mark S. Roberts - 250-251 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 252-253 Book Review: Decision Making in Health Care: Theory, Psychology and Applications
by Amiram Gafni
April 2001, Volume 21, Issue 2
- 87-96 Reanalysis of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm Management
by Noriaki Aoki & J. Robert Beck & Takao Kitahara & Sadayoshi Ohbu & Kazui Soma & Takashi Ohwada & Richard W. Cone & Tsuguya Fukui - 97-104 Utility Elicitation Using Single-Item Questions Compared with a Computerized Interview
by Leslie A. Lenert & Cathy D. Sherbourne & Valerie Reyna - 105-112 Evaluating Quality-Adjusted Life Years
by Michael B. Nichol & Nishan Sengupta & Denise R. Globe - 113-121 Lack of Congruence in the Ratings of Patients’ Health Status by Patients and Their Physicians
by Maria E. Suarez-Almazor & Barbara Conner-Spady & Chris J. Kendall & Anthony S. Russell & Kenneth Skeith - 122-132 Preferences for Fractures and Other Glucocorticoid-Associated Adverse Effects among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
by Linda A. Merlino & Indranil Bagchi & Thomas N. Taylor & Paul Utrie & Elizabeth Chrischilles & Walton Sumner II & Amy Mudano & Kenneth G. Saag - 133-140 Measuring Patients’ Medical Care Preferences: Care Seeking versus Self-Treating
by Julie M. Ganther & Joseph B. Wiederholt & David H. Kreling - 141-149 The Role of Risk and Benefit Perception in Informed Consent for Surgery
by Andrew Lloyd & Paul Hayes & Peter R. F. Bell & A. Ross Naylor - 150-151 Clinical Decision Analysis
by James G. Dolan - 152-155 The Importance of Memory in Informed Consent for Surgical Risk
by Valerie F. Reyna & Allan J. Hamilton - 156-157 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 158-159 Book Review: Regression Analysis of Count Data
by Ramalingam Shanmugam
February 2001, Volume 21, Issue 1
- 1-6 Randomized Trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Choice of Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer
by Vivek Goel & Carol A. Sawka & Elaine C. Thiel & Elaine H. Gort & Annette M. O’Connor - 7-16 A Comparison of United Kingdom and Spanish General Population Time Trade-off Values for EQ-5D Health States
by Xavier Badia & Montserrat Roset & Michael Herdman & Paul Kind - 17-27 Visual Analog Scales, Standard Gambles, and Relative Risk Aversion
by Angela Robinson & Graham Loomes & Michael Jones-Lee - 28-36 Factors Influencing Physicians’ Judgments of Adherence and Treatment Decisions for Patients with HIV Disease
by Laura M. Bogart & Sheryl L. Catz & Jeffrey A. Kelly & Eric G. Benotsch - 37-44 General Performance on a Numeracy Scale among Highly Educated Samples
by Isaac M. Lipkus & Greg Samsa & Barbara K. Rimer - 45-56 Prognostic Modeling with Logistic Regression Analysis
by Ewout W. Steyerberg & Marinus J. C. Eijkemans & Frank E. Harrell Jr & J. Dik F. Habbema - 57-59 Health Values and Prospect Theory
by Diana Stratmann-Schoene & Thomas Klose - 60-68 The Inclusion of Patient Testimonials in Decision Aids
by Peter A. Ubel & Christopher Jepson & Jonathan Baron - 69-70 A Look Back—and Ahead
by Frank A. Sonnenberg - 71-73 Reflections on the Beginnings and Future of Medical Decision Making
by Dennis G. Fryback - 73-75 Medical Decision Making: 20 Years of Advancing the Field
by J. Robert Beck - 75-77 The Society for Medical Decision Making at 21
by Arthur Elstein - 78-79 A Society for Medical Decision Making
by Stephen G. Pauker - 80-81 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 82-83 On Using the Standard Gamble to Determine Utilities for Uncertain Health States
by Moshe Leshno - 84-84 Cost-Value Analysis in Health Care: Making Sense of QALYs
by Peter A. Ubel
October 2000, Volume 20, Issue 4
- 369-376 Optimal Gestational Age and Birth-weight Cutoffs to Predict Neonatal Morbidity
by Michael A. Kohn & Caroline L. Vosti & Dennis Lezotte & Richard H. Jones - 377-390 Early Surgery versus Conservative Management of Dissecting Aneurysms of the Descending Thoracic Aorta
by David Katz & Douglas Payne & Stephen Pauker - 394-402 Patient Preference-based Treatment Thresholds and Recommendations
by Malcolm Man-Son-Hing & Andreas Laupacis & Annette M. O'Connor & Douglas Coyle & Renee Berquist & Finlay McAlister - 404-411 Decision Analysis with Cumulative Prospect Theory
by Ahmed M. Bayoumi & Donald A. Redelmeier - 413-422 A Comparison of HU12 and HU13 Utility Scores in Alzheimer's Disease
by Peter J. Neumann & Eileen A. Sandberg & Sally S. Araki & Karen M. Kuntz & David Feeny & Milton C. Weinstein - 423-429 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Preferences in Dutch Community-dwelling and Hospitalized Elderly People
by Annette H.M. van Mil & Rik C.J. van Klink & Christine Huntjens & Rudi G.J. Westendorp & Anne M. Stiggelbout & A.Edo Meinders & A. Margot Lagaay - 430-439 Meta-analysis of ROC Curves
by Arnold D.M. Kester & Frank Buntinx - 440-450 Electronic Trial Banks: A Complementary Method for Reporting Randomized Trials
by Ida Sim & Douglas K. Owens & Philip W. Lavori & Glenn D. Rennels - 451-458 A Comprehensive League Table of Cost-Utility Ratios and a Sub-table of "Panel-worthy" Studies
by Richard H. Chapman & Patricia W. Stone & Eileen A. Sandberg & Chaim Bell & Peter J. Neumann - 468-470 Determining the Area under the ROC Curve for a Binary Diagnostic Test
by Scott B. Cantor & Michael W. Kattan - 470-470 Correction
by N/A - 471-471 Book Review : The Ethical QALY: Ethical Issues in Health Care Resource Allocations. By ANDREW EDGAR, SAM SALEK, DAR-REN SHICKLE, and DAVID COHEN. Surrey, England: Euromed Communications, Ltd., 1998. $115 (hardcover
by N/A - 472-472 The Science of Proof and the Roles of Intuition
by N/A - 472-472 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 473-473 Psychology of Decision Aids
by Alan Schwartz - 474-474 A Heartfelt Thanks
by Frank A. Sonnenberg - 477-506 Abstracts
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July 2000, Volume 20, Issue 3
- 251-262 Prophylactic Mastectomy or Screening in Women Suspected to Have the BRCA1/2 Mutation
by Ivana Unic & Lia C.G. Verhoef & Peep F.M. Stalmeier & Willem A.J. Van Daal - 263-270 Population-based Time Preferences for Future Health Outcomes
by Theodore G. Ganiats & Richard T. Carson & Robert M. Hamm & Scott B. Cantor & Walton Sumner & Stephen J. Spann & Michael D. Hagen & Christopher Miller - 271-280 Modal Preferences Predict Elderly Patients' Life-sustaining Treatment Choices as Well as Patients' Chosen Surrogates Do
by William D. Smucker & Renate M. Houts & Joseph H. Danks & Peter H. Ditto & Angela Fagerlin & Kristen M. Coppola - 281-289 Comparison of Finnish and U.S.-based Visual Analog Scale Valuations of the EQ-5D Measure
by Jeffrey A. Johnson & Arto Ohinmaa & Bhisma Murti & Harri Sintonen & Stephen Joel Coons - 290-297 The Effectiveness of One-to-one Risk-communication Interventions in Health Care
by Adrian Edwards & Kerenza Hood & Elaine Matthews & Daphne Russell & Ian Russell & Jacqueline Barker & Michael Bloor & Philip Burnard & Judith Covey & Roisin Pill & Clare Wilkinson & Nigel Stott - 298-307 A New Scale for Assessing Perceptions of Chance
by Steven Woloshin & Lisa M. Schwartz & Stephanie Byram & Baruch Fischhoff & H. Gilbert Welch - 308-313 Beliefs about Breast Cancer Risk and Use of Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy
by Katrina Armstrong & Sharon Popik & Carmen Guerra & Peter A. Ubel - 314-322 Representing Both First- and Second-order Uncertainties by Monte Carlo Simulation for Groups of Patients
by Elkan F. Halpern & Milton C. Weinstein & Maria G.M. Hunink & G. Scott Gazelle - 323-331 Comparing Three-class Diagnostic Tests by Three-way ROC Analysis
by Stephan Dreiseitl & Lucila Ohno-Machado & Michael Binder - 332-342 Willingness to Pay for a Quality-adjusted Life Year
by Richard A. Hirth & Michael E. Chernew & Edward Miller & A. Mark Fendrick & William G. Weissert - 343-351 A Signal-detection Experiment Measuring the Effect of Computer-aided Detection on Radiologists' Performance
by Mitsuru Ikeda & Takeo Ishigaki & Kazunobu Yamauchi - 352-354 How Treatment Advances Affect Prevention's Cost-Effectiveness
by Louise B. Russell - 355-356 To the Editor
by Gerrit J. Jager & Johan L. Severens - 356-356 In reply
by Deb Feldman-Stewart & Michael D. Brundage - 357-358 Book Review : What Is Disease? By James M. Humber and Robert F. Almeder. Louisville, KY: Humana Press, 1997, 372 pages. $49.50 (hardcover
by N/A - 358-359 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 359-360 Judgmental Psychology
by Alan Schwartz - 361-368 Netherlands Forum for Medical Decision Making
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April 2000, Volume 20, Issue 2
- 145-159 Design and Pilot Evaluation of a System to Develop Computer-based Site-specific Practice Guidelines from Decision Models
by Gillian D. Sanders & Robert F. Nease JR & Douglas K. Owens - 160-169 A Comparison of Human and Machine-based Predictions of Successful Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
by Allan Gottschalk & M. Chris Hyzer & Ralph T. Geer - 170-184 Using Localization Data from Image Interpretations to Improve Estimates of Performance Accuracy
by Richard G. Swensson - 186-193 Response Shift and Adaptation in Chronically III Patients
by Debby Postulart & Eddy M.M. Adang - 194-204 The Discrete-choice Willingness-to-pay Question Format in Health Economics:
by Richard D. Smith - 207-215 Income Effects of Reduced Health and Health Effects of Reduced Income:
by Mark J. Sculpher & Bernie J. O'Brien - 216-227 Withholding Information from Cancer Patients as a Physician's Decision under Risk
by Gideon Yaniv - 228-238 Perception of Quantitative Information for Treatment Decisions
by Deb Feldman-Stewart & Nancy Kocovski & Beth A. McConnell & Michael D. Brundage & William J. Mackillop - 239-242 Five Minutes with the Governor
by A. David Paltiel - 243-244 Artificial Neural Networks:
by John Griffith - 245-246 Book Reviews : Diagnostic Strategies for Common Medical Prob lems. Second edition. Edited by EDGAR R. BLACK, DONALD R. BORDLEY, THOMAS G. TAPE, and ROBERT J. PANZER. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians, 1999, 674 pages, softcover, $45.00 (ACP members, $34.00
by N/A - 247-247 Book Reviews : The Internet and Healthcare. Second edition. Edited by Louis NICHOLSON. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 1999, 125 pages, softcover, $35.00
by N/A - 248-249 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 249-250 Judgmental Psychology
by Alan Schwartz
January 2000, Volume 20, Issue 1
- 1-6 Evaluation of an Internet-based Decision-support System for Applying the ATS/CDC Guidelines for Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy
by Charles S. Dayton & J. Scott Ferguson & Douglas B. Hornick & Michael W. Peterson - 7-19 What Questions Do Patients with Curable Prostate Cancer Want Answered?
by Deb Feldman-Stewart & Michael D. Brundage & Charles Hayter & Patti Groome & J. Curtis Nickel & Heather Downes & William J. Mackillop - 20-32 Decision Analyses for Prophylactic Replacement of the Björk-Shiley Convexo-concave Heart Valve:
by Ewout W. Steyerberg & Marjon Kallewaard & Yolanda Van Der Graaf & Lex A. Van Herwerden & J.Dik F. Habbema - 33-38 Does Clinical Error Contribute to Unnecessary Antibiotic Use?
by Warren J. McIsaac & Christopher C. Butler - 39-44 Further Explorations of Medical Decisions for Individuals and for Groups
by Michael L. Dekay & Carol A.E. Nickerson & Peter A. Ubel & John C. Hershey & Mark D. Spranca & David A. Asch - 45-50 Decision Making of Clinical Teams:
by Caryn Christensen & James R. Larson & Ann Abbott & Anthony Ardolino & Timothy Franz & Carol Pfeiffer - 51-61 Measuring Post-decision Satisfaction
by François Sainfort & Bridget C. Booske - 62-71 Unstable Preferences:
by Sylvia J.T. Jansen & Anne M. Stiggelbout & Peter P. Wakker & Marianne A. Nooij & Evert M. Noordijk & Job Kievit - 72-78 Can the Standard Gamble Be Used to Determine Utilities for Uncertain Health States?
by Erin D. Kennedy & Allan S. Detsky & Hilary A. Llewellyn-Thomas & Brenda I. O'Connor & Mark Varkul & A. Hillary Steinhart & Zane Cohen & Robin S. McLeod - 79-88 A Time-tradeoff Method for Cost—Efifectiveness Models Applied to Radiology
by J. Shannon Swan & Dennis G. Fryback & William F. Lawrence & François Sainfort & Mary Ellen Hagenauer & Dennis M. Heisey - 89-94 How HIV Treatment Advances Affect the Cost—Effectiveness of Prevention
by Steven D. Pinkerton & David R. Holtgrave - 95-103 Improved Statistical Classification Methods in Computerized Psychiatric Diagnosis
by Ioannis G. Vlachonikolis & Dimitris A. Karras & Manolis J. Hatzakis & Nicholas Paritsis - 104-111 An Assessment of Methods to Combine Published Survival Curves
by Craig C. Earle & George A. Wells - 112-127 Interpretive Review : Feasibility and Effects of Decision Aids
by Sjaak Molenaar & Mirjam A.G. Sprangers & Fenna C.E. Postma-Schuit & Emiel J. Th. Rutgers & Josje Noorlander & Joop Hendriks & Hanneke C.J.M. De Haes - 128-129 Taking the Helm
by Frank A. Sonnenberg - 130-131 Clinical Decision-support Systems:
by John Hornberger & Mary Kane Goldstein - 132-134 Information Disclosure and Beyond:
by Dennis J. Mazur - 135-136 Uncertainty in Decision Models Analyzing Cost-Effectiveness
by Bruce A. Craig & Michael A. Black & Peter P. Sendi - 136-137 Letter
by Mama G.M. Hunink & Aaron A. Stinnett & Theo Stijnen & Milton C. Weinstein - 138-138 Book Reviews : Handbook of Economic Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs. Edited by David R. Holtgrave. New York: Plenum Press, 1998, 281 pages, hardcover, $69.50
by N/A - 138-140 Book Reviews : The Logic of Medicine. Second edition. By Edmond A. Murphy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, 511 pages, hardcover. $55.00
by N/A - 140-141 Mass Tort Class Actions Davis MJ. Toward the proper role for mass tort class actions. Oregon Law Review. 1998;77:157-233
by N/A - 141-141 Genetic Material and the Need for Sufficient Property Interests in One's Own Body Seeney EB [Note], Moore 10 years later—still trying to fill the gap: creating a personal property right in genetic material. 1998;32:1131-1191
by N/A - 142-143 Judgmental Psychology
by Alan Schwartz
October 1999, Volume 19, Issue 4
- 371-377 Inconsistencies in the "Societal Perspective" on Costs of the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine
by David Meltzer & Magnus Johannesson - 378-379 • Realistic Rigor in Cost-Effectiveness Methods
by Alan M. Garber - 379-380 • Improving the Panel's Recommendations
by Louise B. Russell - 381-382 • Theoretically Correct Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Milton C. Weinstein - 383-384 •On the Role of Theory in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis- A Response to Garber, Russell, and Weinstein
by David Meltzer & Magnus Johannesson - 385-393 Life Expectancy Estimation with Breast Cancer: Bias of the Declining Exponential Function and an Alternative to Its Use
by Robert R. Holland & Charles A. Ellis & Berta M. Geller & Dennis A. Plante & Roger H. Secker-Walker - 394-398 How Patients' Preferences for Risk Information Influence Treatment Choice in a Case of High Risk and High Therapeutic Uncertainty
by Dennis J. Mazur & David H. Hickam & Marcus D. Mazur - 399-410 Development of a Pediatric Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score
by Stéphane Leteurtre & Alain Martinot & Alain Duhamel & France Gauvin & Bruno Grandbastien & Thi Vu Nam & François Proulx & Jacques Lacroix & Francis Leclerc - 411-418 Medical Decision Making in the Choice of a Thrombolytic Agent for Acute Myocardial Infarction
by James M. Brophy & Lawrence Joseph & Pierre Theroux - 419-427 Evaluation of a Decision-support System for Preoperative Staging of Prostate Cancer
by Phei Lang ChangHANG & Li & TA Min Wang & Shih Tsung Huang & Ming Li Hsieh & Ke Hung Tsui - 428-434 How Should Effectiveness of Risk Communication to Aid Patients' Decisions Be Judged?
by Adrian Edwards & Glyn Elwyn - 435-447 The Discrepancy between Risky and Riskless Utilities
by Peep F.M. Stalmeier & Thom G.G. Bezembinder - 448-465 Motivating Mammography Adherence in Elderly Latinas
by Clairice T. Veit - 466-472 Do People Value Their Own Future Health Differently from Others' Future Health?
by John Cairns & Marjon Van Der Pol - 473-481 Effects on Preferences of Violations of Procedural Invariance
by Leslie A. Lenert & Jonathan R. Treadwell - 482-486 Whose Preferences Count?
by Paul Dolan - 487-498 Assessing Convergent Validity of Health-state Utilities Obtained Using Different Scaling Methods
by Carol A.E. Nickerson - 499-502 Sensitivity Analysis on a Chance Node with More Than Two Branches
by Peter P. Sendi & Robert T. Clemen - 503-504 Does DEALE-ing Stack the Deck?
by J. Robert Beck & Stephen G. Pauker - 504-505 A Call to Standardize Measures for Judging the Efficacy of Interventions to Aid Patients' Decision Making
by Annette M. O'Connor - 505-506 On the Role of Framing Effects in Assessment of Health-related Utilities
by Celia E. Wills - 507-508 Editing Medical Decision Making
by Arthur S. Elstein - 509-510 Book Reviews : Respecting Patient Autonomy. By BENJAMIN H. LEVI. Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1999, 222 pp, pa perback, $19.95
by N/A - 510-511 Book Reviews : The Economics of Health Reconsidered. By THOMAS RICE. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 1998, pp. 194, hardcover: $38.00
by N/A - 512-513 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 513-514 Judgmental Psychology
by Alan Schwartz - 517-544 Abstracts
by N/A - 517-544 Abstracts
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August 1999, Volume 19, Issue 3
- 221-229 Women's Perceptions of Breast Cancer Risk
by Steven Woloshin & Lisa M. Schwartz & William C. Black & H. Gilbert Welch - 230-241 Evaluation of a Shared Decision Making Program for Women Suspected to Have a Genetic Predisposition to Breast Cancer
by Peep F.M. Stalmeier & Ivana J. Unic & Lia C.G. Verhoef & Willem A.J. Van Daal - 242-251 Incorporating the Time Dimension in Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves: A Case Study of Prostate Cancer
by Ruth Etzioni & Margaret Pepe & Gary Longton & Chengcheng Hu & Gary Goodman - 252-264 Bayesian Approaches to Meta-analysi of ROC Curves
by Martin Hellmich & Keith R. Abrams & Alex J. Sutton - 265-275 A Comparison of Preference Assessment Instruments Used in a Clinical Trial
by Henry A. Glick & Daniel Polsky & Richard J. Willke & Kevin A. Schulman - 276-286 Correlations in Uncertainty Analysis for Medical Decision Making
by Antonio G. Chessa & Rommert Dekker & Bas Van Vliet & Ewout W. Steyerberg & J. Dik F. Habbema - 287-295 Use of Focus Groups to Identify Concerns about Dialysis
by Eric B. Bass & Mollie W. Jenckes & Nancy E. Fink & Kate A. Cagney & Albert W. Wu & John H. Sadler & Klemens B. Meyer & Andrews. Levey & Neil R. Powe - 296-306 Screening Blood Donations for Hepatitis C in Central Africa
by Nicole Cancré & Frédéric Bois & Gérard Grésenguet & Catherine Fretz & Jean-Jacques Fournel & Laurent Bélec - 307-314 Time Preferences and Preventive Health Behavior
by Gretchen B. Chapman & Elliot J. Coups - 315-323 Are More Options Always Better?
by Janet A. Schwartz & Gretchen B. Chapman - 324-338 Framing Effects in Choices between Multioutcome Life-expectancy Lotteries
by Lionel M. Bernstein & Gretchen B. Chapman & Arthur S. Elstein - 339-343 Power and Sample Size in Cost- Effectiveness Analysis
by Eugene M. Laska & Morris Meisner & Carole Siegel - 344-352 Health Values and Prospect Theory
by Jonathan R. Treadwell & Leslie A. Lenert - 353-363 Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis Incorporating the Bootstrap
by David J. Pasta & Jennifer L. Taylor & James M. Henning - 364-364 Book Reviews : Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions. By JOHN S. HAMMOND, RALPH L. KEENEY, and HOWARD RAIFFA. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1999, 272 pages, hardcover: $22.50
by N/A - 364-366 Book Reviews : Scientific Opportunities and Public Needs: Improv ing Priority Setting and Public Input at the National Institutes of Health. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1998, 136 pages, $26.00
by N/A - 366-367 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 368-369 Judgmental Psychology
by Alan Schwartz
April 1999, Volume 19, Issue 2
- 113-120 Holistic versus Composite Preferences for Lifetime Treatment Sequences for Type 2 Diabetes
by Linda D. Mackeigan & Bernie J. O'Brien & Paul I. Oh - 122-127 Subjective Health Status and Health Values in the General Population
by Amir Shmueli - 128-140 The Relationship between Health-state Utilities and the SF-12 in a General Population
by Lena Lundberg & Magnus Johannesson & Dag G.L. Isacson & Lars Borgquist - 141-148 Health-related Quality of Life in Economic Evaluations for Osteoporosis
by Sherine E. Gabriel & Terry S. Kneeland & L. Joseph Melton & Megan M. Moncur & Bruce Ettinger & Anna N.A. Tosteson - 149-156 Conventional and Chained Standard Gambles in the Assessment of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention and Treatment
by Lyne Lalonde & Ann E. Clarke & Lawrence Joseph & Steven A. Grover - 157-166 Distributed Decision Support Using a Web-based Interface
by Gillian D. Sanders & C. Greg Hagerty & Frank A. Sonnenberg & Mark A. Hlatky & Douglas K. Owens - 167-179 An Analysis of Optimal Resource Allocation for Prevention of Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Injection Drug Users and Non-Users
by Anke Richter & Margaret L. Brandeau & Douglas K. Owens - 180-185 Reliability Block Diagrams to Model Disease Management
by Amnon Sonnenberg & John M. Inadomi & Peter Bauerfeind - 186-192 A Survey of Gynecologists' Attitudes Regarding Decision Making in the Management of Non-cancerous Conditions That Frequently Result in Hysterectomy
by James G. Dolan & Fred M. Howard - 193-201 Goodness-of-fit Issues in ROC Curve Estimation
by Stephen J. Walsh - 202-206 Relative Entropy as a Measure of Diagnostic Information
by William A. Benish - 207-213 Implicit Valuation of a Blood-exclusion Decision
by Edward H. Kaplan - 214-215 Plotting ROC Curves
by MossManr Douglas - 215-215 In the Matter of Dr. George Lundberg
by N/A - 216-217 Book Reviews : Making Medical Decisions: An Approach to Clinical Decision Making for Practicing Physicians. By RICHARD GROSS. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American College of Physicians, 1999, 119 pages, $18.00, paperback
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