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July 2008, Volume 28, Issue 4
- 614-614 Errata
by N/A
May 2008, Volume 28, Issue 3
- 285-286 Thank You to Our Reviewers
by N/A - 287-299 The Half-Life of Truth: What Are Appropriate Time Horizons for Research Decisions?
by Zoe Philips & Karl Claxton & Stephen Palmer - 300-305 The Option Value of Delay in Health Technology Assessment
by Simon Eckermann & Andrew R. Willan - 306-307 Technical Note: Acceptability Curves Could Be Misleading When Correlated Strategies Are Compared
by Mohsen Sadatsafavi & Mehdi Najafzadeh & Carlo Marra - 308-322 Discriminating Quality of Hospital Care in the United States
by Sharon-Lise T. Normand & Robert E. Wolf & Barbara J. McNeil - 323-331 Impact of PSA Screening on the Incidence of Advanced Stage Prostate Cancer in the United States: A Surveillance Modeling Approach
by Ruth Etzioni & Roman Gulati & Seth Falcon & David F. Penson - 332-350 Modeling the Logistics of Response to Anthrax Bioterrorism
by Gregory S. Zaric & Dena M. Bravata & Jon-Erik Cleophas Holty & Kathryn M. McDonald & Douglas K. Owens & Margaret L. Brandeau - 351-358 Time-Tradeoff Utilities for Identifying and Evaluating a Minimum Data Set for Time-Critical Biosurveillance
by Jason N. Doctor & Janet G. Baseman & William B. Lober & Jac Davies & John Kobayashi & Bryant T. Karras & Sherrilynne Fuller - 359-376 The Cost-Effectiveness of Counseling Strategies to Improve Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy among Men Who Have Sex with Men
by Gregory S. Zaric & Ahmed M. Bayoumi & Margaret L. Brandeau & Douglas K. Owens - 377-384 A Test of Numeric Formats for Communicating Risk Probabilities
by Cara L. Cuite & Neil D. Weinstein & Karen Emmons & Graham Colditz - 385-393 Do Patients' Communication Behaviors Provide Insight into Their Preferences for Participation in Decision Making?
by Pamela L. Hudak & Richard M. Frankel & Clarence Braddock III & Rosane Nisenbaum & Paola Luca & Caitlin McKeever & Wendy Levinson - 394-410 What Factors Influence Case Managers' Resource Allocation Decisions? A Systematic Review of the Literature
by Kimberly D. Fraser & Carole Estabrooks - 411-418 Factors Associated with Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Response to the Women's Health Initiative Trial of Combined Hormone Therapy
by Michael L. Power & Jonathan Baron & Jay Schulkin - 419-434 A Cost-Effectiveness Framework for Profiling the Value of Hospital Care
by Justin W. Timbie & Joseph P. Newhouse & Meredith B. Rosenthal & Sharon-Lise T. Normand - 435-442 Evaluation of the GIDEON Expert Computer Program for the Diagnosis of Imported Febrile Illnesses
by Emmanuel Bottieau & Juan Moreira & Jan Clerinx & Robert Colebunders & Alfons Van Gompel & Jef Van den Ende - 443-452 Incorporation of Process Preferences within the QALY Framework: A Study of Alternative Methods
by Paul McNamee & Janelle Seymour
March 2008, Volume 28, Issue 2
- -1--1 Editorial Note
by N/A - 165-168 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 169-171 Policy Rounds: A New Series and a Call for Papers
by Mark Helfand & Gillian D. Sanders - 172-181 Health Technology Assessment in the Cost-Disutility Plane
by Simon Eckermann & Andrew Briggs & Andrew R. Willan - 182-200 Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses of a Dynamic Economic Evaluation Model for Vaccination Programs
by Radboud J. Duintjer Tebbens & Kimberly M. Thompson & M. G. Myriam Hunink & Thomas A. Mazzuchi & Daniel Lewandowski & Dorota Kurowicka & Roger M. Cooke - 201-208 The Influence of a Physician's Use of a Diagnostic Decision Aid on the Malpractice Verdicts of Mock Jurors
by Hal R. Arkes & Victoria A. Shaffer & Mitchell A. Medow - 209-219 Life Goals and Health Decisions: What Will People Live (or Die) For?
by Alan Schwartz & Gordon Hazen & Ariel Leifer & Paul Heckerling - 220-232 Health State Valuation in Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment: Feasibility of Computer-Based, Direct Patient Utility Assessment
by Neal V. Dawson & Mendel E. Singer & Leslie Lenert & Marian B. Patterson & Susie A. Sami & Iahn Gonsenhouser & Heather A. Lindstrom & Kathleen A. Smyth & Melissa J. Barber & Peter J. Whitehouse - 233-242 Quality-of-Life Tradeoffs for Hepatitis C Treatment: Do Patients and Providers Agree?
by Bruce R. Schackman & Paul A. Teixeira & Gil Weitzman & Alvin I. Mushlin & Ira M. Jacobson - 243-253 Use of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Determine Inventory Size for a National Cord Blood Bank
by David H. Howard & David Meltzer & Craig Kollman & Martin Maiers & Brent Logan & Loren Gragert & Michelle Setterholm & Mary M. Horowitz - 254-261 Resident Physicians' Life Expectancy Estimates and Colon Cancer Screening Recommendations in Elderly Patients
by Carmen L. Lewis & Charity G. Moore & Carol E. Golin & Jennifer Griffith & Alison Tytell-Brenner & Michael P. Pignone - 262-268 Variation in Practice: A Questionnaire Survey of How Congruence in Attitudes Between Doctors and Patients Influences Referral Decisions
by Benedicte Carlsen & Arild Aakvik & Ole F. Norheim - 269-276 Value-Induced Bias in Medical Decision Making
by Andrea Gurmankin Levy & John C. Hershey - 277-278 Book Review: Evidence-Based Medicine: In Its Place. By Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen and Gavin Mooney with 9 contributors. London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2006, 168 pages (paperback). ISBN: 978-0415394628
by Benjamin Djulbegovic
January 2008, Volume 28, Issue 1
- 1-97 29th Annual Meeting Of The Society For Medical Decision Making
by N/A - 5-8 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 9-11 Dissecting Disparities
by Jay S. Kaufman - 12-20 Race and Ethnic Disparities in Valuing Health
by Darrell J. Gaskin & Kevin D. Frick - 21-32 The Value of Implementation and the Value of Information: Combined and Uneven Development
by Elisabeth Fenwick & Karl Claxton & Mark Sculpher - 33-43 Identifying Research Priorities: The Value of Information Associated with Repeat Screening for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
by Laura Bojke & Karl Claxton & Mark J. Sculpher & Stephen Palmer - 44-55 A Second-Order Simulation Model of the Cost-Effectiveness of Managing Dyspepsia in the United States
by Pelham M. Barton & Paul Moayyedi & Nicholas J. Talley & Nimish B. Vakil & Brendan C. Delaney - 56-65 Value of Patient Time Invested in the Colonoscopy Screening Process: Time Requirements for Colonoscopy Study
by Daniel E. Jonas & Louise B. Russell & Robert S. Sandler & Jon Chou & Michael Pignone - 66-89 Comparing the Incomparable? A Systematic Review of Competing Techniques for Converting Descriptive Measures of Health Status into QALY-Weights
by Duncan Mortimer & Leonie Segal - 90-101 Construct Validity of the Bidding Game, Binary with Follow-up, and a Novel Structured Haggling Question Format in Determining Willingness to Pay for Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets
by Obinna Onwujekwe & Julia Fox-Rushby & Kara Hanson - 102-112 Predicting Utility Ratings for Joint Health States from Single Health States in Prostate Cancer: Empirical Testing of 3 Alternative Theories
by William Dale & Anirban Basu & Arthur Elstein & David Meltzer - 113-126 Estimation of a Preference-Based Index from a Condition-Specific Measure: The King's Health Questionnaire
by John Brazier & Carolyn Czoski-Murray & Jennifer Roberts & Martin Brown & Tara Symonds & Con Kelleher - 127-137 Influence of the Way Results Are Presented on Research Interpretation and Medical Decision Making: The PRIMER Collaboration Randomized Studies
by Thomas Philip Shakespeare & Val Gebski & Johann Tang & Keith Lim & Jiade Jay Lu & Xiaojian Zhang & Guoliang Jiang - 138-145 Physicians and Nurses Focus on Different Aspects of Guidelines When Deciding Whether to Adopt Them: An Application of Conjoint Analysis
by Astrid Goossens & Patrick M. M. Bossuyt & Rob J. de Haan - 146-149 Decision Curve Analysis: A Discussion
by Ewout W. Steyerberg & Andrew J. Vickers - 150-155 Author Index for Abstracts
by N/A - 156-156 Call for Nominations
by David Meltzer
November 2007, Volume 27, Issue 6
- 721-723 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 724-725 Measuring the Care of the Patient in Context
by Paul N. Gorman - 726-734 Evaluating Physician Performance at Individualizing Care: A Pilot Study Tracking Contextual Errors in Medical Decision Making
by Saul J. Weiner & Alan Schwartz & Rachel Yudkowsky & Gordon D. Schiff & Frances M. Weaver & Julie Goldberg & Kevin B. Weiss - 735-743 The Value of Bayes Theorem in the Interpretation of Subjective Diagnostic Findings: What Can We Learn from Agreement Studies?
by Mohsen Sadatsafavi & Alireza Moayyeri & Hossein Bahrami & Akbar Soltani - 744-753 Patterns of Use of Handheld Clinical Decision Support Tools in the Clinical Setting
by Feliciano Yu & Thomas K. Houston & Midge N. Ray & Duriel Q. Garner & Eta S. Berner - 754-761 Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in General Practice: Mismatch between Cardiovascular Risk and Patients' Risk Perceptions
by T. van der Weijden & B. van Steenkiste & H.E.J.H. Stoffers & D.R.M. Timmermans & R. Grol - 762-771 Public Health Sealant Delivery Programs: Optimal Delivery and the Cost of Practice Acts
by Christina R. Scherrer & Paul M. Griffin & Julie L. Swann - 772-788 The Value of Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis and Management of Angina and Myocardial Infarction: A Probabilistic Economic Analysis
by Rodolfo Hernández & Luke Vale - 789-821 A Systematic Review of Cost-Utility Analyses in HIV/AIDS: Implications for Public Policy
by John Hornberger & Mark Holodniy & Katherine Robertus & Michael Winnike & Erin Gibson & Eric Verhulst - 822-823 Book Review: How Doctors Think, by Jerome Groopman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007, 307 pages. ISBN: 0-618-61003-0, and How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine, by Kathryn Montgomery. Oxford (UK): Oxford University Press, 2006, 246 pages. ISBN: 0-19-518712-1
by Lisa Lines
September 2007, Volume 27, Issue 5
- 516-521 Shared Decision Making, Decision Aids, and Risk Communication
by Mark Helfand - 522-532 ``It's My Body'': Does Patient Involvement in Decision Making Reduce Decisional Conflict?
by Heidemarie Kremer & Gail Ironson & Neil Schneiderman & Martin Hautzinger - 533-538 Participation in Medical Decision Making: The Patients' Perspective
by Liana Fraenkel & Sarah McGraw - 539-546 Shared Decision Making in the Medical Encounter: Are We All Talking about the Same Thing?
by Nora Moumjid & Amiram Gafni & Alain Brémond & Marie-Odile Carrère - 547-549 Incorporating Decision Analysis in Decision Aids
by Michael Pignone - 550-553 Aiding Medical Decision Making: A Communication Perspective
by Richard L. Street JR - 554-574 Do Patient Decision Aids Meet Effectiveness Criteria of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
by Annette M. O'Connor & Dawn Stacey & Michael J. Barry & Nananda F. Col & Karen B. Eden & Vikki Entwistle & Valerie Fiset & Margaret Holmes-Rovner & Sara Khangura & Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas & David R. Rovner - 575-584 Effectiveness of a Computerized Decision Aid in Primary Care on Decision Making and Quality of Life in Menorrhagia: Results of the MENTIP Randomized Controlled Trial
by Joanne Protheroe & Peter Bower & Carolyn Chew-Graham & Tim J. Peters & Tom Fahey - 585-598 Can Computerized Decision Support Help Patients Make Complex Treatment Decisions? A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Individualized Menopause Decision Aid
by Nananda F. Col & Long Ngo & Jennifer M. Fortin & Robert J. Goldberg & Annette M. O'Connor - 599-608 Are Patient Decision Aids the Best Way to Improve Clinical Decision Making? Report of the IPDAS Symposium
by Margaret Holmes-Rovner & Wendy L. Nelson & Michael Pignone & Glyn Elwyn & David R. Rovner & Annette M. O'Connor & Angela Coulter & Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo - 609-618 Rethinking the Objectives of Decision Aids: A Call for Conceptual Clarity
by Wendy L. Nelson & Paul K. J. Han & Angela Fagerlin & Michael Stefanek & Peter A. Ubel - 619-625 Patient Decision Aids to Support Clinical Decision Making: Evaluating the Decision or the Outcomes of the Decision
by Kirsten McCaffery & Les Irwig & Patrick Bossuyt - 626-634 Communication and Decision Making in Cancer Care: Setting Research Priorities for Decision Support/Patients' Decision Aids
by Amber E. Barnato & Hilary A. Llewellyn-Thomas & Ellen M. Peters & Laura Siminoff & E. Dale Collins & Michael J. Barry - 635-637 Contingent or Universal Approaches to Patient Deficiencies in Health Numeracy
by Robert M. Hamm & David E. Bard & Elaine Hsieh & Howard F. Stein - 638-654 A Meta-analysis of the Effects of Presenting Treatment Benefits in Different Formats
by Judith Covey - 655-662 The Drug Facts Box: Providing Consumers with Simple Tabular Data on Drug Benefit and Harm
by Lisa M. Schwartz & Steven Woloshin & H. Gilbert Welch - 663-671 Validation of the Subjective Numeracy Scale: Effects of Low Numeracy on Comprehension of Risk Communications and Utility Elicitations
by Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher & Dylan M. Smith & Peter A. Ubel & Angela Fagerlin - 672-680 Measuring Numeracy without a Math Test: Development of the Subjective Numeracy Scale
by Angela Fagerlin & Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher & Peter A. Ubel & Aleksandra Jankovic & Holly A. Derry & Dylan M. Smith - 681-695 Communicating the Uncertainty of Harms and Benefits of Medical Interventions
by Mary C. Politi & Paul K. J. Han & Nananda F. Col - 696-713 Numeric, Verbal, and Visual Formats of Conveying Health Risks: Suggested Best Practices and Future Recommendations
by Isaac M. Lipkus
July 2007, Volume 27, Issue 4
- -1--2 28th Annual Meeting Of The Society For Medical Decision Making
by N/A - -3--4 2006 European Society For Medical Decision Making Meeting
by N/A - 345-349 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 350-351 Guidance on Good Practice in Cost-Effectiveness Modeling: Is More Needed?
by Christopher McCabe - 352-363 Medicaid, Medicare, and the Michigan Tumor Registry: A Linkage Strategy
by Cathy J. Bradley & Charles W. Given & Zhehui Luo & Caralee Roberts & Glenn Copeland & Beth A. Virnig - 364-379 The Decision to Conduct a Head-to-Head Comparative Trial: A Game-Theoretic Analysis
by Edward C. Mansley & Elamin H. Elbasha & Steven M. Teutsch & Marc L. Berger - 380-386 Improving the Decision to Pursue a Phase 3 Clinical Trial by Adjusting for Patient-Specific Factors in Evaluating Phase 2 Treatment Efficacy Data
by Glenn Heller & Michael W. Kattan & Howard I. Scher - 387-394 Relative Influence of Antibiotic Therapy Attributes on Physician Choice in Treating Acute Uncomplicated Pyelonephritis
by Jessina C. McGregor & Anthony D. Harris & Jon P. Furuno & Douglas D. Bradham & Eli N. Perencevich - 395-405 Quantification of Health States with Rank-Based Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling
by Paul F. M. Krabbe & Joshua A. Salomon & Christopher J. L. Murray - 406-413 Extrinsic Goals and Time Tradeoff
by Marjon van der Pol & Alan Shiell - 414-422 Abnormal Outcomes Following Cervical Cancer Screening: Event Duration and Health Utility Loss
by Ralph P. Insinga & Andrew G. Glass & Evan R. Myers & Brenda B. Rush - 423-437 Does Concordance with Guideline Triage Recommendations Affect Clinical Care of Patients with Possible Acute Coronary Syndrome?
by David A. Katz & Jeffrey Dawson & Joni R. Beshansky & Peter S. Rahko & Tom P. Aufderheide & Mark Bogner & Hocine Tighouart & Harry P. Selker - 438-447 A Cautionary Note on Data Sources for Evidence-Based Clinical Decisions: Warfarin and Stroke Prevention
by Richard Thomson & Martin Eccles & Ruth Wood & David J. Chinn - 448-470 Calculating Partial Expected Value of Perfect Information via Monte Carlo Sampling Algorithms
by Alan Brennan & Samer Kharroubi & Anthony O'Hagan & Jim Chilcott - 471-490 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Data from Multinational Trials: The Use of Bivariate Hierarchical Modeling
by Andrea Manca & Paul C. Lambert & Mark Sculpher & Nigel Rice - 491-499 A Critique and Impact Analysis of Decision Modeling Assumptions
by Jonathan Karnon & Alan Brennan & Ron Akehurst - 500-505 Abstract Author Index
by N/A - 506-507 Abstract Author Index
by N/A - 508-509 Information for Authors
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May 2007, Volume 27, Issue 3
- 225-228 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 229-230 The Significance of Using US-Valued EQ-5D Health States for Comparative Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Studies in US Populations
by Wilhelmine Miller - 231-232 Is All Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Local?
by Louise B. Russell - 233-242 Racial Differences in Hospital Discharge Disposition among Stroke Patients in Maryland
by Ebere Onukwugha & C. Daniel Mullins - 243-249 Should We Promote Organ Donor Registries When So Few Registrants Will End Up Being Donors?
by David H. Howard & Margaret M. Byrne - 250-265 A Graphical Decision-Theoretic Model for Neonatal Jaundice
by Manuel Gómez & Concha Bielza & Juan A. Fernández del Pozo & Sixto RÃos-Insua - 266-280 Why People Refuse to Make Tradeoffs in Person Tradeoff Elicitations: A Matter of Perspective?
by Laura J. Damschroder & Todd R. Roberts & Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher & Peter A. Ubel - 281-287 Do Risk Attitudes Differ across Domains and Respondent Types?
by Lisa A. Prosser & Eve Wittenberg - 288-298 A Review and Meta-Analysis of Prostate Cancer Utilities
by Karen E. Bremner & Christopher A. K. Y. Chong & George Tomlinson & Shabbir M. H. Alibhai & Murray D. Krahn - 299-310 The Default Effect in End-of-Life Medical Treatment Preferences
by Laura M. Kressel & Gretchen B. Chapman - 311-320 Factors Influencing Surgeons' Decisions in Elective Cosmetic Surgery Consultations
by Sharon A. Cook & Robert Rosser & M. Ian James & Sue Kaney & Peter Salmon - 321-326 A Comparison of EQ-5D Index Scores Derived from the US and UK Population-Based Scoring Functions
by Nan Luo & Jeffrey A. Johnson & James W. Shaw & Stephen Joel Coons - 327-334 The Implications of Using US-Specific EQ-5D Preference Weights for Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
by Katia Noyes & Andrew W. Dick & Robert G. Holloway - 335-336 Abstract Author Index
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March 2007, Volume 27, Issue 2
- 89-92 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 93-95 Cost-Effectiveness Acceptability Curves in the Dock
by Elisabeth Fenwick & Andrew Briggs - 96-97 The Acceptability of Acceptability Curves
by Alan Schwartz - 98-100 Medical Decision Making and Electronic Publishing
by Mark Helfand & Lauren Saxton - 101-111 Limitations of Acceptability Curves for Presenting Uncertainty in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
by Bas Groot Koerkamp & M.G. Myriam Hunink & Theo Stijnen & James K. Hammitt & Karen M. Kuntz & Milton C. Weinstein - 112-127 Value of Information on Preference Heterogeneity and Individualized Care
by Anirban Basu & David Meltzer - 128-137 Efficiency, Equity, and Budgetary Policies
by David M. Epstein & Zaid Chalabi & Karl Claxton & Mark Sculpher - 138-150 Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis: New Estimates from the Human Capital Method and Comparison to the Willingness-to-Pay Method
by Bruno Fautrel & Ann E. Clarke & Francis Guillemin & Viviane Adam & Yvan St-Pierre & Tina Panaritis & Paul R. Fortin & Henri A. Menard & Cam Donaldson & John R. Penrod - 151-160 Decision to Implant a Cardioverter Defibrillator after Myocardial Infarction: The Role of Ejection Fraction v. Other Risk Factor Markers
by James J. Bailey & Morrison Hodges & Timothy R. Church - 161-177 Cost-Effectiveness of Echocardiography to Identify Intracardiac Thrombus among Patients with First Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
by Richard T. Meenan & Somnath Saha & Roger Chou & Karleen Swarztrauber & Kathryn Pyle Krages & Maureen C. O'Keeffe-Rosetti & Marian McDonagh & Benjamin K. S. Chan & Mark C. Hornbrook & Mark Helfand - 178-188 A Real Options Approach to Watchful Waiting: Theory and an Illustration
by Tarn Driffield & Peter C. Smith - 189-202 Patients Derogate Physicians Who Use a Computer-Assisted Diagnostic Aid
by Hal R. Arkes & Victoria A. Shaffer & Mitchell A. Medow - 203-211 The Influence of Irrelevant Anchors on the Judgments and Choices of Doctors and Patients
by Noel T. Brewer & Gretchen B. Chapman & Janet A. Schwartz & George R. Bergus - 212-214 Correction: Interpretation of Random Effects Meta-analysis in Decision Models
by N.J. Welton & I.R. White & G. Lu & J.P.T. Higgins & J. Hilden & A.E. Ades
January 2007, Volume 27, Issue 1
- 5-8 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 9-20 Assessing the Accuracy of Hospital Clinical Performance Measures
by Sharon-Lise T. Normand & Robert E. Wolf & John Z. Ayanian & Barbara J. McNeil - 21-26 Cost-Utility Analysis When Not Everyone Wants the Treatment: Modeling Split-Choice Bias
by Richard Lilford & Alan Girling & David Braunholtz & Wayne Gillett & Jason Gordon & Celia A. Brown & Andrew Stevens - 27-33 Quality-of-Life Assessment When There Is a Loss of Income
by John Myers & Steven McCabe & Stephan Gohmann - 34-43 Further Insight into the Perception of Quantitative Information: Judgments of Gist in Treatment Decisions
by Deb Feldman-Stewart & Michael D. Brundage & Vladimir Zotov - 44-52 Bedside Rationing by Health Practitioners: A Case Study in a Ugandan Hospital
by Lydia Kapiriri & Douglas K. Martin - 53-60 Why Are Clinicians Reluctant to Treat Smear-Negative Tuberculosis? An Inquiry about Treatment Thresholds in Rwanda
by Paulin Basinga & Juan Moreira & Zeno Bisoffi & Bettina Bisig & Jef Van den Ende - 61-70 Measuring Health Preferences for Health Utilities Index Mark 3 Health States: A Study of Feasibility and Preference Differences among Ethnic Groups in Singapore
by Nan Luo & Qinan Wang & David Feeny & Geraldine Chen & Shu-Chuen Li & Julian Thumboo - 71-81 A Little Planning Goes a Long Way: Multilevel Allocation of HIV Prevention Resources
by Gregory S. Zaric & Margaret L. Brandeau
November 2006, Volume 26, Issue 6
- 561-564 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 565-574 Decision Curve Analysis: A Novel Method for Evaluating Prediction Models
by Andrew J. Vickers & Elena B. Elkin - 575-582 Failure to Adopt Beneficial Therapies Caused by Bias in Medical Evidence Evaluation
by Scott K. Aberegg & Hal Arkes & Peter B. Terry - 583-588 Teaching Medical Decision Modeling: A Qualitative Description of Student Errors and Curriculum Responses
by Kenneth J. Smith & Amber E. Barnato & Mark S. Roberts - 589-598 Impact of an Educational Video on Patient Decision Making in Early Breast Cancer Treatment
by Edwin G. Wilkins & Julie C. Lowery & Laurel A. Copeland & Sherry L. Goldfarb & Patricia A. Wren & Nancy K. Janz - 599-605 Physician Practice Patterns: Chest X-Ray Ordering for the Evaluation of Acute Cough Illness in Adults
by Eva Aagaard & Judy Maselli & Ralph Gonzales - 606-616 The Impact of Unstable Angina Guidelines in the Triage of Emergency Department Patients with Possible Acute Coronary Syndrome
by David A. Katz & Tom P. Aufderheide & Mark Bogner & Peter R. Rahko & Roger L. Brown & Lisa M. Brown & Matthew E. Prekker & Harry P. Selker - 617-623 FluSurge—A Tool to Estimate Demand for Hospital Services during the Next Pandemic Influenza
by Xinzhi Zhang & Martin I. Meltzer & Pascale M. Wortley - 624-632 Misleading Measurements: Modeling the Effects of Blood Pressure Misclassification in a United States Population
by Tom Marshall - 633-635 Commentary on Mobley and Others: Importance of Assumptions About VTE Mortality in Modeling the Cost-effectiveness of Osteoporosis Therapies
by Eric S. Meadows & John Stock & Joseph A. Johnston - 636-637 Response to Meadows and Others
by Lee R. Mobley & Thomas Hoerger & John Wittenborn - 638-643 Index to Medical Decision Making Volume 26
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September 2006, Volume 26, Issue 5
- 429-430 Bayesian Statistics
by Donald A. Berry - 431-433 Posterior Progress
by Clyde B. Schechter - 434-446 Impact of Model, Methodological, and Parameter Uncertainty in the Economic Analysis of Vaccination Programs
by M. Brisson & W. J. Edmunds - 447-466 The Impact of Unmeasured Clinical Variables on the Accuracy of Hospital Report Cards: A Monte Carlo Study
by Peter C. Austin - 467-479 Collective Equipoise, Disappointment, and the Therapeutic Misconception: On the Consequences of Selection for Clinical Research
by Margaret M. Byrne & Peter Thompson - 480-496 An Iterative Bayesian Approach to Health Technology Assessment: Application to a Policy of Preoperative Optimization for Patients Undergoing Major Elective Surgery
by Elisabeth Fenwick & Steve Palmer & Karl Claxton & Mark Sculpher & Keith Abrams & Alex Sutton - 497-511 Estimation of Mortality Rates for Disease Simulation Models Using Bayesian Evidence Synthesis
by Pamela M. McMahon & Alan M. Zaslavsky & Milton C. Weinstein & Karen M. Kuntz & Jane C. Weeks & G. Scott Gazelle - 512-534 Large-Sample Bayesian Posterior Distributions for Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis
by Gordon B. Hazen & Min Huang - 535-549 A Simulation Model to Estimate the Cost and Effectiveness of Alternative Dialysis Initiation Strategies
by Chris P. Lee & Glenn M. Chertow & Stefanos A. Zenios - 550-553 Increasing the Efficiency of Monte Carlo Cohort Simulations with Variance Reduction Techniques
by Steven M. Shechter & Andrew J. Schaefer & R. Scott Braithwaite & Mark S. Roberts - 554-556 Information for Authors
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July 2006, Volume 26, Issue 4
- 300-300 Web-Based Resources for Modelers from Medical Decision Making
by Mark Helfand - 301-303 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 304-306 The Transient Nature of Utilities and Health Preferences
by Olga Kostopoulou - 307-309 As Good As It Gets but Good Enough for Which Applications?
by David Feeny - 310-312 National Health Preference Data: A Useful Resource for Health Services Research
by Dennis A. Revicki - 313-322 Context Changes Choices: A Prospective Study of the Effects of Hospitalization on Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences
by Peter H. Ditto & Jill A. Jacobson & William D. Smucker & Joseph H. Danks & Angela Fagerlin - 323-337 Being There Is Important, but Getting There Matters Too: The Role of Path in the Valuation Process
by Julie H. Goldberg - 338-346 Exploring the Reference Point in Prospect Theory: Gambles for Length of Life
by Sylvie M. C. van Osch & Wilbert B. van den Hout & Anne M. Stiggelbout - 347-359 Process Utility in Breast Biopsy
by J. Shannon Swan & William F. Lawrence & Jessica Roy - 360-372 A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Decision Aid for Women at Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer
by K. Tiller & B. Meiser & C. Gaff & J. Kirk & T. Dudding & K.-A. Phillips & M. Friedlander & K. Tucker - 373-390 Impact of the Ottawa Decision Support Framework on the Agreement and the Difference between Patients' and Physicians' Decisional Conflict
by France Légaré & Annette M. O'Connor & Ian D. Graham & Georges A. Wells & Stéphane Tremblay - 391-400 Report of Nationally Representative Values for the Noninstitutionalized US Adult Population for 7 Health-Related Quality-of-Life Scores
by Janel Hanmer & William F. Lawrence & John P. Anderson & Robert M. Kaplan & Dennis G. Fryback - 401-409 Mapping the EQ-5D Index from the SF-12: US General Population Preferences in a Nationally Representative Sample
by Patrick W. Sullivan & Vahram Ghushchyan - 410-420 Preference-Based EQ-5D Index Scores for Chronic Conditions in the United States
by Patrick W. Sullivan & Vahram Ghushchyan
May 2006, Volume 26, Issue 3
- 217-219 Highlights of This Issue
by N/A - 220-222 Using Health State Classification Systems for Utility Elicitation in the Elderly
by Dan Greenberg & Joseph S. Pliskin - 223-225 Health State Classification Systems: How Comparable Are Our Cost-Effectiveness Ratios?
by Anne M. Stiggelbout - 226-238 Implications of Cancer Staging Uncertainties in Radiation Therapy Decisions
by Robert C. Lee & Edidiong Ekaette & Karie-Lynn Kelly & Peter Craighead & Chris Newcomb & Peter Dunscombe - 239-246 Validity of Criteria Used to Evaluate Fingerstick Devices That Assess International Normalized Ratio
by Kenneth M. Shermock & Jason T. Connor & Nicole T. Smith & Jodie M. Fink & Lee Bragg - 247-254 Assessing Health State Utilities in Elderly Patients at Cardiovascular Risk
by Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer & Joshua S. Benner & Robert J. Glynn & Sebastian Schneeweiss & Philip S. Wang & M. Alan Brookhart & Raisa Levin & Joseph D. Jackson & Jerry Avorn - 255-264 Judgment Analysis of Surgeons’ Prioritization of Patients for Elective General Surgery
by Andrew D. MacCormick & Bryan R. Parry - 265-272 Collecting Direct Non-Health Care and Time Cost Data: Application to Screening and Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer
by Scott B. Cantor & Lawrence B. Levy & Marylou Cárdenas-Turanzas & Karen Basen-Engquist & Tao Le & J. Robert Beck & Michele Follen - 273-281 Drug Benefit Decisions among Older Adults: A Policy-Capturing Analysis
by Richard R. Cline & Kiran Gupta - 282-293 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Screening for Celiac Disease in the Adult Population
by Raanan Shamir & Olle Hernell & Moshe Leshno
March 2006, Volume 26, Issue 2
- 101-105 Highlights of this Issue
by N/A - 106-109 How Successful Are We at Protecting Preferences? Consent, Informed Consent, Advance Directives, and Substituted Judgment
by Dennis J. Mazur - 110-111 Patient-Physician Fit: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
by Edward Krupat - 112-121 Predictors of Patient Treatment Preferences and Spouse Substituted Judgments: The Case of Dialysis Continuation
by Rachel A. Pruchno & Edward P. Lemay Jr & Lucy Feild & Norman G. Levinsky - 122-133 Patient-Physician Fit: An Exploratory Study of a Multidimensional Instrument
by Alan Schwartz & Memoona Hasnain & Arnold R. Eiser & Elizabeth Lincoln & Arthur S. Elstein - 134-144 Apparent and Internal Validity of a Monte Carlo–Markov Model for Cardiovascular Disease in a Cohort Follow-up Study
by Rogier L. Nijhuis & Theo Stijnen & Anna Peeters & Jacqueline C.M. Witteman & Albert Hofman & M. G. Myriam Hunink - 145-153 Toward Targeted Hypertension Screening Guidelines
by Stef van Buuren & Hendriek C. Boshuizen & Sijmen A. Reijneveld - 154-161 Supervision of Students May Protect Academic Physicians from Cognitive Bias: A Study of Decision Making and Multiple Treatment Alternatives in Medicine
by Todd Eric Roswarski & Michael D. Murray - 162-172 Engineering Risk Analysis of a Hospital Oxygen Supply System
by Léa A. Deleris & Gee Liek Yeo & Adam Seiver & M. Elisabeth Paté-Cornell - 173-181 Inconsistencies in TTO and VAS Values for EQ-5D Health States
by Leida M. Lamers & Peep F. M. Stalmeier & Paul F. M. Krabbe & Jan J. V. Busschbach - 182-193 The Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Reduce Mortality from an Intentional Release of Aerosolized Anthrax Spores
by R. Scott Braithwaite & Douglas Fridsma & Mark S. Roberts - 194-206 Cost-Effectiveness of Osteoporosis Screening and Treatment with Hormone Replacement Therapy, Raloxifene, or Alendronate
by Lee R. Mobley & Thomas J. Hoerger & John S. Wittenborn & Deborah A. Galuska & Jaya K. Rao - 207-209 Information for Authors
by N/A
January 2006, Volume 26, Issue 1
- 1-79 Abstracts
by N/A - 5-5 Highlights of this Issue
by N/A - 9-17 An Alternative Approach to Reducing the Costs of Patient Care? A Controlled Trial of the Multi-Disciplinary Doctor-Nurse Practitioner (MDNP) Model
by Susan L. Ettner & Jenny Kotlerman & Abdelmonem Afifi & Sondra Vazirani & Ron D. Hays & Martin Shapiro & Marie Cowan - 18-29 Estimating the Association between SF-12 Responses and EQ-5D Utility Values by Response Mapping
by Alastair M. Gray & Oliver Rivero-Arias & Philip M. Clarke