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November 2003, Volume 23, Issue 6
- 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
by N/A
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
by N/A
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
by N/A
September 2002, Volume 22, Issue 1_suppl
- 3-10 Analytic Tools for Public Health Decision Making
by Douglas K. Owens - 11-16 The Value of Prevention: Experiences of a Public Health Agency
by Phaedra S. Corso & Stephen B. Thacker & Jeffrey P. Koplan - 17-25 Modeling the Public Health Response to Bioterrorism: Using Discrete Event Simulation to Design Antibiotic Distribution Centers
by Nathaniel Hupert & Alvin I. Mushlin & Mark A. Callahan - 26-37 Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmacological Interventions for Smoking Cessation: A Literature Review and a Decision Analytic Analysis
by Fujian Song & James Raftery & Paul Aveyard & Chris Hyde & Pelham Barton & Nerys Woolacott - 38-44 The Impact of Expected HIV Transmission Rates on the Effectiveness and Cost of Ruling Out HIV Infection in Infants
by Joseph M. Mrus & Michael S. Yi & Mark H. Eckman & Joel Tsevat - 45-57 Cost-Effectiveness of the Pneumococcal Vaccine in Healthy Younger Adults
by Patricia Vold Pepper & Douglas K. Owens - 58-66 Cost-Benefit Analysis of a New HEDIS Performance Measure for Pneumococcal Vaccination
by Faruque Ahmed & Elamin E. Elbasha & Betsy L. Thompson & Jeffrey R. Harris & Vishnu-Priya Sneller - 67-79 Variation in Average Costs among Federally Sponsored State-Organized Cancer Detection Programs: Economies of Scale?
by Edward C. Mansley & Diane O. Duñet & Daniel S. May & Sajal K. Chattopadhyay & Matthew T. Mckenna - 80-91 Optimal Allocation of Resources across Four Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes
by Stephanie R. Earnshaw & Anke Richter & Stephen W. Sorensen & Thomas J. Hoerger & Katherine A. Hicks & Michael Engelgau & Ted Thompson & K. M. Venkat Narayan & David F. Williamson & Edward Gregg & Ping Zhang - 92-101 Assessing Preferences for Prevention versus Treatment Using Willingness to Pay
by Phaedra S. Corso & James K. Hammitt & John D. Graham & Richard C. Dicker & Sue J. Goldie - 102-114 Measurement of Health Preferences among Patients with Tuberculous Infection and Disease
by Marie-Josée Dion & Pierre Tousignant & Jean Bourbeau & Dick Menzies & Kevin Schwartzman
February 2002, Volume 22, Issue 1
- 6-17 A Simulation Model of Policies Directed at Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
by David T. Levy & Karen Friend - 18-26 A Real-Time Classification System of Thalassemic Pathologies Based on Artificial Neural Networks
by S. R. Amendolia & A. Brunetti & P. Carta & G. Cossu & M. L. Ganadu & B. Golosio & G. M. Mura & M. G. Pirastru - 27-38 Comparison of Health State Utilities Using Community and Patient Preference Weights Derived from a Survey of Patients with HIV/AIDS
by Bruce R. Schackman & Sue J. Goldie & Kenneth A. Freedberg & Elena Losina & John Brazier & Milton C. Weinstein - 39-52 Predicting Elderly Outpatients’ Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences over Time: The Majority Rules
by Renate M. Houts & William D. Smucker & Jill A. Jacobson & Peter H. Ditto & Joseph H. Danks - 53-64 Discrepancies between Chained and Classic Utilities Induced by Anchoring with Occasional Adjustments
by Peep F. M. Stalmeier - 65-70 Physicians’ Attitudes toward Health Care Rationing
by Thomas V. Perneger & Diane P. Martin & Patrick A. Bovier - 71-75 Effects of Baseline Risk Information on Social and Individual Choices
by Dorte Gyrd-Hansen & Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen & Jørgen Nexøe & Jesper Bo Nielsen - 76-83 Effect of Framing as Gain versus Loss on Understanding and Hypothetical Treatment Choices: Survival and Mortality Curves
by Katrina Armstrong & J. Sanford Schwartz & Genevieve Fitzgerald & Mary Putt & Peter A. Ubel - 84-85 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur
December 2001, Volume 21, Issue 6
- 433-443 Understanding Birthing Mode Decision Making Using Artificial Neural Networks
by Martin MacDowell & Eugene Somoza & Kenneth Rothe & Richard Fry & Kim Brady & Albert Bocklet - 444-450 Intermediate Short-Term Outcomes after Brain Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurology Outpatients
by Philippe Demaerel & Erik Béatse & Kristiaan Roels & Vincent Thijs - 451-458 A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Alternative At-Home or In-Laboratory Technologies for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
by Haim Reuveni & Eithan Schweitzer & Ariel Tarasiuk - 459-467 Frequency or Probability? A Qualitative Study of Risk Communication Formats Used in Health Care
by Marilyn M. Schapira & Ann B. Nattinger & Colleen A. McHorney - 468-478 Using Life Expectancy to Communicate Benefits of Health Care Programs in Contingent Valuation Studies
by Jill Morris & James K. Hammitt - 479-489 What White Blood Cell Count Should Prompt Antibiotic Treatment in a Febrile Child? Tutorial on the Importance of Disease Likelihood to the Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests
by Michael A. Kohn & Thomas B. Newman - 490-497 Comparison of Appropriateness Ratings for Cataract Surgery between Convened and Mail-only Multidisciplinary Panels
by Joanne K. Tobacman & Ingrid U. Scott & Stacey T. Cyphert & M. Bridget Zimmerman - 498-507 Intervals for Posttest Probabilities: A Comparison of 5 Methods
by Douglas Mossman & James O. Berger - 508-509 Law and Ethics
by Dennis J. Mazur - 510-511 Book Review: Pricing Life: Why It’s Time for Health Care Rationing
by Martin A. Strosberg - 512-513 Determining the Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve for a Binary Diagnostic Test: Best Is Not Always Ideal
by Gerrit Jager - 514-514 Reply to Jager
by Scott B. Cantor & Michael W. Kattan - 515-516 The Aftermath: Knowledge and Uncertainty
by N/A - 517-548 Abstracts from the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making
by N/A - 549-551 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making Abstract Author Index
by N/A - 552-557 Index to Medical Decision Making Volume 21
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
by N/A
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