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December 1986, Volume 6, Issue 4
- 199-207 A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Cyclosporine in Cadaveric Kidney Transplantation
by David G. Simon - 207-207 The Brownie Study
by Tracy Lieu & Gary Fleisher - 208-215 Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding: Assessing the Diagnostic Contributions of the History and Clinical Findings
by Christian Ohmann & Klaus Thon & Hartmut Stöltzing & Qin Yang & Wilfried Lorenz - 216-223 An Eualuation of Clinicians' Subjective Prior Probability Estimates
by James G. Dolan & Donald R. Bordley & Alvin I. Mushlin - 224-230 Court Viewpoints and Medical Decision Making
by Dennis J. Mazur - 231-238 The Determinants of Treatment Choice in End-stage Renal Disease
by Raisa B. Deber - 239-249 Transient Ischemic Attach in a Man with Coronary Artery Disease
by David B. Matchar & Stephen G. Pauker - 250-252 Recent Developments in Medical Decision Making
by Jay Christensen-Szalanski - 252-253 Book Reviews : Teaching Clinical Decision Making. EDITED BY RANDALL D. CEBUL AND LAURENCE H. BECK. New York: Praeger, 1985. 151 pp., $25.00
by N/A - 253-253 The Gong: A Unit to Measure Diagnostic Information?
by Reuben D. Glass - 254-254 In reply
by N/A - 254-254 Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analysis
by N/A - 254-255 To the Editor
by N/A - 255-256 In reply
by N/A - 257-257 Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making
by Daniel A. Albert & Michael Ravitch
August 1986, Volume 6, Issue 3
- 127-135 Institutional Differences in Therapeutic Decision Making in the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS)
by Charles Maynard & Lloyd Fisher & Edwin L. Alderman & Michael B. Mock & Ivar Ringqvist & Martial G. Bourassa & George C. Kaiser & M.J. Gillespie - 136-144 Prospective Evaluation of a Clinical and Exercise-test Model for the Prediction of left Main Coronary Artery Disease
by Thomas H. Lee & E. Francis Cook & Lee Goldman - 145-148 Stochastic Thresholds
by Arthur Hartz & W.Paul McKINNEY & Robert Centor & Arthur Krieg & George Simms & Samuel Henck - 149-153 Measures of the Value of a Diagnostic Test Derived from Stochastic Thresholds
by Arthur Hartz & Robert Centor - 154-160 Decision Tables and logic in Decision Analysis
by Paul Glasziou & Jörgen Hilden - 161-168 Threshold Analysis of Decision Tables
by Paul Glasziou & Jörgen Hilden - 169-173 Premature Conclusions in the Diagnosis of Iron-deficiency Anemia
by Catherine E. Dubeau & Anthony E. Voytovich & Robert M. Rippey - 174-186 Eaton-Lambert Syndrome and Small Cell Lung Cancer
by Mark H. Eckman & Nicholas J. Robert & David R. Parkinson & Gabriele Latzko & Stephen G. Pauker - 187-188 Recent Developments in the Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
by Jay Christensen-Szalanski - 189-190 Book Reviews : Readings in Medical Artificial Intelligence: The First De cade. EDITED BY WILLIAM J. CLANCEY AND EDWARD H. SHORTLIFFE. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1984
by N/A - 190-191 Book Reviews : Computer-assisted Medical Decision Making (Volumes 1 and 2). EDITED BY JAMES A. REGGIA AND STANLEY TUHRIM. New York, Springer, 1985. 584 pp
by N/A - 191-191 Book Reviews : The Machine at the Bedside: Strategies for Using Tech nology in Patient Care. EDITED BY STANLEY J. REISER AND MICHAEL ANBAR. Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1984. (Available in hard and soft covers.)
by N/A - 192-192 Assumptions in Clinical Decision Making Rounds Questioned
by Stuart Nelson & Van H. Dunn & Stephen G. Pauker
June 1986, Volume 6, Issue 2
- 65-66 Roots
by Dennis G. Fryback & Eugene L. Saenger - 66-67 Independent Development of Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis
by J. Robert Beck - 68-78 Clinical Guidelines for Using Two Dichotomous Tests
by John C. Hershey & Randall D. Cebul & Sankey V. Williams - 79-84 Multiple Test Analyzer (MTA)
by John C. Hershey & Robert A. Greene & Randall D. Cebul & Sankey V. Williams - 85-92 Probabilistic Analysis of Decision Trees Using Monte Carlo Simulation
by Gregory C. Critchfield & Keith E. Willard - 93-100 Probabilistic Analysis of Decision Trees Using Symbolic Algebra
by Keith E. Willard & Gregory C. Critchfield - 100-100 Letter to the Editor
by N/A - 101-107 Inpatient Management Protocols to Reduce Health Care Costs
by Tom Wachtel & Anne W. Moulton & John Pezzullo & Milton Hamolsky - 110-123 Elective Pericardiectomy for Tuberculous Pericarditis
by Frank A. Sonnenberg & Stephen G. Pauker - 124-126 Recent Developments in Medical Decision Making
by Jay Christensen-Szalanski
February 1986, Volume 6, Issue 1
- 1-1 Changes and Challenges
by N/A - 2-11 How Physicians Use Clinical Information in Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism
by Robert S. Wigton & Vincent L. Hoellerich & Kashinath D. Patil - 12-17 Physicians' Estimates of the Probability of Myocardial Infarction in Emergency Boom Patients with chest Pain
by William M. Tierney & John Fitzgerald & Ross McHenry & Bruce J. Roth & Bruce Psaty & David L. Stump & F. Kim Anderson - 18-22 Prediction of Individual Patient Prognosis
by F.T. De Dombal & Susan E. Clamp & Angela Softley & Biba J. Unwin & John R. Staniland - 23-26 Feasibility of Physician -developed Expert systems
by Stanley Tuhrim & James A. Reggia - 27-35 A Decision Theoretic Methodology for Seventy Index Development
by David H. Gustafson & Dennis G. Fryback & Jerry H. Rose & Victor Yick & Constance T. Prokop & Don E. Detmer & Jennifer Moore - 36-41 Looking for "Indicants" in the Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice
by R. Boom & C. Gonzalez & L. Fridman & J.F. Ayala & J.L. Realpe & P. Morales & R. Quintero - 42-48 A Deep Model of the Incidence of Dental Caries on Proximal Surfaces
by Michael Shwartz & Joseph S. Pliskin & Hans-Göran Grondahl & Joseph Boffa - 49-62 An Ambiguous Renal Cyst in a Patient with a Prior Nephrectomy
by Stephen G. Pauker & Van H. Dunn & Stephen G. Pauker - 63-64 Recent Developments in the Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
by Jay Christensen-Szalanski
December 1985, Volume 5, Issue 4
- 399-400 Press With Vigor On
by Lee B. Lusted - 401-415 Physician Characteristics and Organizational Factors Influencing Use of Ambulatory Tests
by Arnold M. Epstein & Barbara J. McNeil - 416-416 Lee B. Lusted Prizes for Student Research in Medical Decision Making Awarded At the Seventh Annual Smdm Meeting
by N/A - 417-436 A Structural Method to Guide Test Evaluation
by Peter E. Politser - 437-446 Radionuclide Detection of Biliary Atresia
by Peter E. Politser - 447-451 The Superiority of Sequential Over Simultaneous Testing
by Peter M. Doubilet & Kevin C. Cain - 452-452 The Society for Medical Decision Making Eighth Annual Meeting
by John Tomeny - 453-463 Eliciting Preferences for Alternative Cancer Drug Treatments
by Annette M. Cormier O'Connor & Norman F. Boyd & David L. Tritchler & Yuri Kriukov & Heather Sutherland & James E. Till - 465-471 Recent Developments in Medical Decision Making
by Jay Christensen-Szalanski - 473-473 Introduction To International Notes
by Lee B. Lusted - 474-474 A Thank You to Referees of Manuscripts
by N/A - 475-476 Foreign Medicine and General Activities
by Huang Yan-ting - 484-484 Medical Information Science Postdoctoral Training At Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
by N/A - 486-486 Stanford University Graduate Degrees in Medical Information Sciences
by Darlene Vian
August 1985, Volume 5, Issue 3
- 259-261 The Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making
by Allan S. Detsky - 262-262 Medical Information Science Postdoctoral Training At Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
by N/A - 263-278 A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Screening for Carcinoma of the Prostate by Digital Examination
by Richard R. Love & Dennis G. Fryback & Steven R. Kimbrough - 279-292 Rationale for Physicians' Decisions to Refer Obese Patients
by David R. Rovner & Marilyn L. Rothert & Margaret M. Holmes & Michael M. Ravitch & Gerald B. Holzman & Arthur S. Elstein - 293-309 The Decision Concerning Coronary Angiography in Patients with Chest Pain
by Peter Doubilet & Barbara J. McNeil & Milton C. Weinstein - 310-310 Stanford University Graduate Degrees in Medical Information Sciences
by Darlene Vian - 311-324 Problem Solving in Undergraduate Medical Students
by Roderick L. B. Neame & Kenneth R. Mitchell & Grahame I. Feletti & Jackie McIntosh - 325-334 The Use of the "Range of Uncertainty"
by Tom J. Wachtel & David B. Reuben & John P. Fulton & Steven A. Wartman - 335-351 Cost-Effectiveness of Computerized Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Dementia
by David G. Simon & Michael F. Lubin - 355-387 Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
by N/A - 389-396 Recent Developments in the Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
by Jay Christensen-Szalanski
June 1985, Volume 5, Issue 2
- 135-137 Five Years of MDM
by Lee B. Lusted - 138-138 Medical Information Science Postdoctoral Training At Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
by N/A - 139-148 A Visicalc Program for Estimating the Area Under a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve
by Robert M. Centor - 149-156 An Evaluation of Methods for Estimating the Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve
by Robert M. Centor & J. Sanford Schwartz - 157-177 Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis Using Monte Carlo Simulation
by Peter Doubilet & Colin B. Begg & Milton C. Weinstein & Peter Braun & Barbara J. McNeil - 178-178 Erratum
by N/A - 179-190 Maximum Shannon Information Content of Diagnostic Medical Testing
by Robert D. Rifkin - 191-213 Parameter Estimates for a QALY Utility Model
by John M. Miyamoto & Stephen A. Eraker - 214-214 Stanford University Graduate Degrees in Medical Information Sciences
by Darlene Vian - 215-228 The Nonexistence of Interpersonal Utility Scales
by Jørgen Hilden - 229-233 Instruction in Medical Decision Making
by Arthur S. Elstein & Beth Dawson-Saunders & Laurie J. Belzer - 234-234 Measuring Gut Feelings
by N/A - 235-246 Recent Developments in Medical Decision Making
by Jay Christensen-Szalanski - 247-248 Usual Form of Bayes' Theorem and "Common Names"
by Arthur F. Krieg & Thomas W. Abendroth & Michael B. Bongiovanni - 249-249 Medical Decision Making
by N/A - 250-250 The Society for Medical Decision Making Seventh Annual Meeting
by N/A - 251-252 Announcements From the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
by Ramón Boom
February 1985, Volume 5, Issue 1
- 3-6 Clinical Decision Making in an Era of DRG-Based Prospective Payment
by Alan B. Cohen - 7-13 DRGs and Prospective Payment Under Medicare
by Donald A. Young - 14-14 International Working Conference On Computer-Aided Medical Decision Making
by J.E. Purkyne - 15-21 Hospital Response to DRG-Based Prospective Payment
by Barbara J. McNeil - 22-22 The Royal College of Physicians of London Computer Workshop
by Robin Knill-Jones - 23-29 The Impact of DRG-Based Prospective Payment on Clinical Decision Making
by Sankey V. Williams - 30-30 Stanford University Graduate Degrees in Medical Information Sciences
by Darlene Vian - 31-34 Assuring Quality of Care Under DRG-Based Prospective Payment
by Robert C. Rock - 35-38 Future Directions for Research
by Harvey V. Fineberg - 39-41 Evolving Medical Practice in the Hospital
by William R. Hazzard - 42-42 Ninth Annual Symposium On Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC)
by Gail Mutnik - 43-50 Symposium Discussion
by Alan B. Cohen - 51-60 Decision Maker, Quantify Thyself!
by Dennis G. Fryback - 61-75 The Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
by Robert Kunstaetter & Norman Wolkove & Harvey Kreisman & Carol Cohen & Harold Frank - 76-76 Center for Health Policy Research and Education (CHPRE) Duke University
by David M. Eddy - 77-87 A Test of a Linear Discriminant for Identifying Low-Risk Abdominal Pain
by Jane M. Orient & Louis J. Kettel & Janne Lim - 88-88 Microcomputer Users Group (Srepcim/Smdm)
by Robert S. Wigton & Robert Panzer - 89-104 Serum Potassium Testing in Diuretic-Treated Outpatients
by William M. Tierney & Clement J. McDonald & George McCabe - 105-105 Book Review : Biomedical Bestiary: An Epidemiologic Guide to Flaws and Fallacies in the Medical Literature Max Michael, III, Thomas W. Boyce, and Allen J. Wilcox. 161 pp. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1984. $12.95
by David F. Ransohoff - 106-106 Clinical Decision Analysis in Cleveland, 1979-1984
by N/A - 107-109 Letter from Lisbon
by F.T. De Dombal - 110-110 Kaiser Scholars Doctoral Program in Health Policy and Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology
by Stan N. Finklestein - 111-119 Recent Developments in the Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
by Jay Christensen-Szalanski - 120-120 Medical Information Science Postdoctoral Training At Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
by N/A - 121-123 Another View of Polychotomous Analyses
by P. Millet - 123-126 Response
by Colin B. Begg & Barbara J. McNeil - 132-132 A Medical Decision Making "List"
by Ramón Boom
December 1984, Volume 4, Issue 4
- 395-396 Editorial
by John R. Clarke - 397-399 Editorial
by Lee B. Lusted - 400-400 A Thank You to Referees of Manuscripts
by Lee B. Lusted - 401-414 The Decision-Analytic Approach to Medical Malpractice Law
by Harold Bursztajn & Robert M. Hamm & Thomas G. Gutheil & Archie Brodsky - 415-424 Some Thorny Medical Judgments and Their Outcomes
by Lawrence H. Climo - 425-447 Psychiatrists' Thorny Judgments
by Robert M. Hamm & Jack Allen Clark & Harold Bursztajn - 448-448 International Society for Technology Assessment in Health Care
by Seymour Perry - 449-468 A Citation Analysis of the Field of Medical Decision Making, 1959-1982
by J. Robert Beck & Kathryn I. Pyle & Lee B. Lusted - 469-487 Estimating Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
by G. Anderson & C. Bombardier - 488-488 The Royal College of Physicians of London Computer Workshop
by Robin Knill-Jones - 489-500 A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis and Hospital Hemodialysis
by D.N. Churchill & B.C. Lemon & G.W. Torrance - 501-511 An Investigation of Patient's Reactions to Therapeutic Uncertainty
by Shawn P. Curley & Stephen A. Eraker & J. Frank Yates - 512-512 Microcomputer Users Group (Srepcim/Smdm)
by Robert S. Wigton & Robert Panzer - 513-513 Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (Smdm) November 28-30, 1984
by N/A - 514-515 Fundamentals of Medical Decision Making Tuesday, November 27, 1984
by N/A - 516-516 Thank You
by Lee B. Lusted - 517-549 Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (Smdm) November 28-30, 1984
by N/A - 550-550 Center for Health Policy Research and Education (CHPRE) Duke University
by David M. Eddy - 551-561 Recent Developments in Medical Decision Making
by Jay J.J. Christensen-Szalanski - 562-562 The Society for Medical Decision Making Seventh Annual Meeting
by N/A - 563-564 Announcements From the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
by Dr. Ramón Boom - 565-565 Lee B. Lusted Prizes for Student Research in Medical Decision Making Awarded At the Sixth Annual Smdm Meeting
by N/A
August 1984, Volume 4, Issue 3
- 267-270 Doctors and Decision Analysis
by Harvey V. Fineberg - 271-283 'A Look at the Chief Complaints' Revisited
by Randall D. Cebul - 284-284 International Working Conference On Computer-Aided Medical Decision Making
by J.E. Purkyne - 285-296 A Course in Clinical Decision Making Adaptable to Diverse Audiences
by Randall D. Cebul & Laurence H. Beck & J. Gregory Carroll & John M. Eisenberg & J. Sanford Schwartz & Aleta M. Strasser & Sankey V. Williams - 297-313 Initial International Use of APACHE
by Douglas P. Wagner & Elizabeth A. Draper & Ricardo Abizanda Campos & Pertti Nikki & Jean Roger Le Gall & Philippe Loirat & William A. Knaus - 314-314 Stanford University Graduate Degrees in Medical Information Sciences
by Darlene Vian - 315-329 Preferences for Health Outcomes
by J. Leighton Read & Robert J. Quinn & Donald M. Berwick & Harvey V. Fineberg & Milton C. Weinstein - 330-330 Medical Information Science Postdoctoral Training At Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
by N/A - 331-338 A Concise Model for the Management of Possible Appendicitis
by John R. Clarke - 339-348 Statistical Modelling and Diagnostic Aids
by Briony A. Morton & Derek Teather & George H. du Boulay - 349-349 The Royal College of Physicians of London Computer Workshop
by Robin Knill-Jones - 350-350 Clinical Decision Making Rounds At the New England Medical Center
by Stephen G. Pauker - 351-377 Repeated Syncope with Negative Diagnostic Evaluation
by C. Kent Kwoh & J. Robert Beck & Stephen G. Pauker - 378-378 Faculty Position in Medical Decision Making Medical College of Georgia
by N/A - 379-386 Recent Developments in the Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
by Jay J.J. Christensen-Szalanski - 388-388 The Society for Medical Decision Making Sixth Annual Meeting
by N/A - 389-390 Announcements From the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
by Ramón Boom - 391-391 Center for Health Policy Research and Education (CHPRE) Duke University
by David M. Eddy
June 1984, Volume 4, Issue 2
- 131-135 ROC Recollected
by Lee B. Lusted - 136-136 Medical Information Science Postdoctoral Training At Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
by N/A - 137-150 Statistical Approaches to the Analysis of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves
by Barbara J. McNeil & James A. Hanley - 151-164 Construction of Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves when Disease Verification Is Subject to Selection Bias
by Robert Gray & Colin B. Begg & Robert A. Greenes - 165-176 The Selective Impact of a Cardiology Data Bank on Physicians' Therapeutic Recommendations
by Theodore C. M. Li & Herbert Sherman & E. Francis Cook & Gilbert H. Mudge & Nancy Mitchell & Margaret Flatley & Robert Rosati & Lee Goldman - 177-194 The Risk Ratio Is Insufficient for Clinical Decisions
by Thomas E. Kottke & Roger D. Feldman & Daniel A. Albert - 195-215 Feasibility of Willingness-to-Pay Measurement in Chronic Arthritis
by Mark S. Thompson & J. Leighton Read & Matthew Liang - 216-216 The Royal College of Physicians of London Computer Workshop
by Robin Knill-Jones - 217-227 Improved Results in Acute Appendicitis Care Following Areawide Review
by Don E. Detmer & Cindy Frisch - 228-228 Clinical Decision Making Rounds At the New England Medical Center
by Stephen G. Pauker - 229-247 A Ten-Year-Old Boy with Cerebral Palsy and Femoral Anteversion
by Dennis A. Plante & Seymour Zimbler & Stephen G. Pauker - 248-248 Two Related Special Summer Programs in the Area of Health Management
by N/A - 249-258 Recent Developments in Medical Decision Making
by Jay J.J. Christensen-Szalanski - 259-259 Eighth Annual Symposium On Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC)
by Gerald S. Cohen - 260-260 The Society for Medical Decision Making Sixth Annual Meeting
by N/A - 262-262 A Medical Decision Making "List"
by Ramón Boom - 263-263 Stanford University Graduate Degrees in Medical Information Sciences
by Darlene Vian - 264-264 Faculty Position in Medical Decision Making Medical College of Georgia
by Gerald B. Holzman
February 1984, Volume 4, Issue 1
- 3-5 Five Plus Four
by Lee B. Lusted - 6-6 Stanford University Graduate Degrees in Medical Information Sciences
by Darlene Vian - 7-15 Patient-Oriented Performance Measures of Diagnostic Tests
by Robert A. Greenes & Kevin C. Cain & Colin B. Begg - 16-16 The Royal College of Physicians of London Computer Workshop
by Robin Knill-Jones - 17-31 Patient-Oriented Performance Measures of Diagnostic Tests
by Robert A. Greenes & Colin B. Begg & Kevin C. Cain & John A. Swets & Carl E. Feehrer & Barbara J. McNeil - 32-32 Two Related Special Summer Programs in the Area of Health Management
by N/A - 33-46 Patient-Oriented Performance Measures
by Kevin C. Cain & Robert A. Greenes & Colin B. Begg - 47-58 Discount Functions and the Measurement of Patients' Values
by Jay J.J. Christensen-Szalanski - 59-68 The Problem of Induction in Clinical Decision Making
by Frances Stuart Hanckel - 69-80 Variation and Information in White Blood Cell Differential Counts
by Svend Juul & Joseph S. Pliskin & Harvey V. Fineberg - 81-81 Center for Health Policy Research and Education (CHPRE) Duke University
by N/A - 82-82 Clinical Decision Making Rounds At the New England Medical Center
by Stephen G. Pauker - 83-107 Kidney Failure or Cancer
by George J. Cuchural & Andrew S. Levey & Stephen G. Pauker - 109-110 Book Reviews : Using the Clinical Laboratory in Medical Decision-Making Edited by George D. Lundberg. 327 pp. Chicago: American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP) Press, 1983. $30.00 ($27.00 to members of ASCP)
by J. Robert Beck - 110-111 Book Reviews : Clinical Epidemiology Robert H. Fletcher, Suzanne W. Fletcher, and Edward H. Wagner. 223 pp. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1982. $16.00
by Daniel A. Albert - 112-112 Faculty Position in Medical Decision Making Medical College of Georgia
by N/A - 113-117 Recent Developments in the Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
by Jay J.J. Christensen-Szalanski - 120-120 A Medical Decision Making "List"
by Ramón Boom
December 1983, Volume 3, Issue 4
- 411-417 Wherefore Two-Four?
by Lee B. Lusted & Will Klump - 418-418 A Thank You to Referees of Manuscripts
by N/A - 419-458 The Markov Process in Medical Prognosis
by J.Robert Beck & Stephen G. Pauker - 459-475 Risk-Benefit Considerations in the Management of Polymyalgia Rheumatica
by Rowland W. Chang & Harvey V. Fineberg - 476-476 Stanford University Graduate Degrees in Medical Information Sciences
by Darlene Vian