Medical Decision Making

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Volume 24, issue 6, 2004

Highlights of this Issue pp. 557-560

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Reader Variability in Mammography and Its Implications for Expected Utility over the Population of Readers and Cases pp. 561-572

Robert F. Wagner, Craig A. Beam and Sergey V. Beiden

The Application of the Heuristic-Systematic Processing Model to Treatment Decision Making about Prostate Cancer pp. 573-583

Suzanne K. Steginga and Stefano Occhipinti

A Cost-Utility Analysis of Neonatal Circumcision pp. 584-601

Robert S. Van Howe

Decision Making in a Multidisciplinary Cancer Team: Does Team Discussion Result in Better Quality Decisions? pp. 602-613

Frank Kee, Tracy Owen and Ruth Leathem

An Exploration of Relative Health Stock in Advanced Cancer Patients pp. 614-624

Darrell J. Gaskin, Kevin P. Weinfurt, Liana D. Castel, Venita DePuy, Yun Li, Andrew Balshem, Al Benson, Caroline B. Burnett, Sandra Corbett, John Marshall, Elyse Slater, Daniel P. Sulmasy, David Van Echo, Neal J. Meropol and Kevin A. Schulman

A Comparison of 3 Valuation Methods for Temporary Health States in Patients Treated with Oral Anticoagulants pp. 625-633

Mirjam Locadia, Peep F. M. Stalmeier, Frans J. Oort, Martin H. Prins, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers and Patrick M. M. Bossuyt

A Bayesian Approach to Net Health Benefits: An Illustration and Application to Modeling HIV Prevention pp. 634-653

Ana P. Johnson-Masotti, Purushottam W. Laud, Raymond G. Hoffmann, Matthew J. Hayat and Steven D. Pinkerton

On Uncertainty in Medical Testing pp. 654-658

Robert L. Winkler and James E. Smith

Combining Correlated Diagnostic Tests: Application to Neuropathologic Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease pp. 659-669

Chengjie Xiong, Daniel W. McKeel, J. Philip Miller and John C. Morris

Alternative Tree-Structured Survival Analysis Based on Variance of Survival Time pp. 670-680

Hua Jin, Ying Lu, Kaite Stone and Dennis M. Black

Theory about Heuristic Strategies Based on Verbal Protocol Analysis: The Emperor Needs a Shave pp. 681-686

Robert M. Hamm

Response to Commentary pp. 687-687

Suzanne K. Steginga and Stefano Occhipinti

Neonatal Circumcision: Cost-Effective Preventive Measure or “the Unkindest Cut of All†? pp. 688-692

Darryl T. Gray

Michael M. Ravitch pp. 693-693

Arthur S. Elstein

Societal Values and Information Privacy pp. 694-694

Dennis J. Mazur

Index to Abstract Authors pp. 695-696

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INDEX to MEDICAL DECISION MAKING pp. 697-703

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Information for Authors pp. 704-706

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Volume 24, issue 5, 2004

Clinical Applications pp. 457-460

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Reorganizing the System of Care Surrounding Laparoscopic Surgery: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Discrete-Event Simulation pp. 461-471

James E. Stahl, David Rattner, Richard Wiklund, Jessica Lester, Molly Beinfeld and G. Scott Gazelle

Pramipexole v. Levodopa as Initial Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Clinical-Economic Trial pp. 472-485

Katia Noyes, Andrew W. Dick and Robert G. Holloway

The Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Programs Using Single and Multiple Birth Cohort Simulations: A Comparison Using a Model of Cervical Cancer pp. 486-492

Sarah Dewilde and Rob Anderson

A Comparison of Different Strategies to Collect Standard Gamble Utilities pp. 493-503

Thomas Hammerschmidt, Hans-Peter Zeitler, Markus Gulich and Reiner Leidl

Preference Assessment Method Affects Decision-Analytic Recommendations: A Prostate Cancer Treatment Example pp. 504-510

Elena B. Elkin, Mark E. Cowen, Daniel Cahill, Mary Steffel and Michael W. Kattan

Correcting Biases in Standard Gamble and Time Tradeoff Utilities pp. 511-517

Sylvie M. C. van Osch, Peter Wakker, Wilbert B. van den Hout and Anne M. Stiggelbout

Medical and Nonmedical Determinants of Decision Making about Potentially Life-Prolonging Interventions pp. 518-524

Agnes van der Heide, Astrid Vrakking, Hans van Delden, Caspar Looman and Paul van der Maas

Group Sequential Design for Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy Studies: Implications and Guidelines for Practitioners pp. 525-533

Madhu Mazumdar

To Err Is Human pp. 534-535

Stephen D. Roberts

The Implications of Differing Methods of Utility Assessment for Patient-Specific Decision-Analytic Tools pp. 536-537

Michael S. Yi

Unfinished Symphony: A Tribute to the Life and Career of Bernie O’Brien (1959–2004) pp. 538-544

Andrew Briggs, Martin Buxton, Mike Drummond, Ron Goeree, Mark J. Sculpher and Andrew R. Willan

Negligence and Human Subjects Research pp. 545-545

Dennis J. Mazur

Book Review pp. 546-547

Cathy J. Bradley

Information for Authors pp. 548-550

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Volume 24, issue 4, 2004

Highlights Of This Issue pp. 327-329

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A Single Mathematical Model Predicts Physicians’ Recommendations and Postmenopausal Women’s Decisions to Participate in a Clinical Trial to Prevent Breast Cancer or Coronary Heart Disease pp. 330-350

Clairice T. Veit

Refining Estimates of Major Depression Incidence and Episode Duration in Canada Using a Monte Carlo Markov Model pp. 351-358

Scott B. Patten and Robert C. Lee

Decision Aids for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Applicability across Race and Education pp. 359-366

David R. Rovner, Celia E. Wills, Vence Bonham, Gilbert Williams, Janet Lillie, Karen Kelly-Blake, Mark V. Williams and Margaret Holmes-Rovner

Positive Association between Current Health and Health Values for Hypothetical Disease States pp. 367-378

Joseph T. King, Joel Tsevat and Mark S. Roberts

Women’s Preferences for Doctor’s Involvement in Decisions about Mammography Screening pp. 379-385

Eric Chamot, Agathe Charvet and Thomas V. Perneger

Classification Algorithms for Hip Fracture Prediction Based on Recursive Partitioning Methods pp. 386-398

Hua Jin, Ying Lu, Steven T. Harris, Dennis M. Black, Katie Stone, Marc C. Hochberg and Harry K. Genant

Exploration of a Bayesian Updating Methodology to Monitor the Safety of Interventional Cardiovascular Procedures pp. 399-407

Frederic S. Resnic, Kelly H. Zou, Daihung V. Do, George Apostolakis and Lucila Ohno-Machado

Presidential Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Society for Medical Decision Making pp. 408-420

Arthur S. Elstein, Dennis G. Fryback, Milton C. Weinstein, Stephen G. Pauker, Margaret Holmes-Rovner, Mark J. Young, Michael J. Barry, Mark H. Eckman, M. G. Myriam Hunink, Joel Tsevat and John B. Wong

Law and Ethics pp. 421-421

Dennis J. Mazur

Abstracts from the European Society for Medical Decision Making Meeting Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 7-8, 2004 pp. 422-446

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Volume 24, issue 3, 2004

Highlights of this Issue pp. 243-246

Peter Franks, Erica I. Lubetkin, Marthe R. Gold, Daniel J. Tancredi, Haomiao Jia, Patricia A. Carney, Joann G. Elmore, Linn A. Abraham, Martha S. Gerrity, R. Edward Hendrick, Stephen H. Taplin, William E. Barlow, Gary R. Cutter, Steven P. Poplack, Carl J. D’Orsie, Andrea D. Gurmankin, Jonathan Baron, Katrina Armstrong, Adam Oliver, David M. Kent, A. Mark Fendrick, Kenneth M. Langa, Fumie Yokota, Kimberly M. Thompson, Charles F. Babbs and Guangyong Zou

Mapping the SF-12 to the EuroQol EQ-5D Index in a National US Sample pp. 247-254

Peter Franks, Erica I. Lubetkin, Marthe R. Gold, Daniel J. Tancredi and Haomiao Jia

Radiologist Uncertainty and the Interpretation of Screening pp. 255-264

Patricia A. Carney, Joann G. Elmore, Linn A. Abraham, Martha S. Gerrity, R. Edward Hendrick, Stephen H. Taplin, William E. Barlow, Gary R. Cutter, Steven P. Poplack and Carl J. D’Orsi

The Effect of Numerical Statements of Risk on Trust and Comfort with Hypothetical Physician Risk Communication pp. 265-271

Andrea D. Gurmankin, Jonathan Baron and Katrina Armstrong

Prioritizing Health Care: Is “Health†Always an Appropriate Maximand? pp. 272-280

Adam Oliver

New and Dis-Improved: On the Evaluation and Use of Less Effective, Less Expensive Medical Interventions pp. 281-286

David M. Kent, A. Mark Fendrick and Kenneth M. Langa

Value of Information Literature Analysis: A Review of Applications in Health Risk Management pp. 287-298

Fumie Yokota and Kimberly M. Thompson

Meta-Analysis of 2-Treatment Clinical Trials Including Both Continuous and Dichotomous Results pp. 299-312

Charles F. Babbs

From Diagnostic Accuracy to Accurate Diagnosis: Interpreting a Test Result with Confidence pp. 313-318

Guangyong Zou

Law and Ethics pp. 319-319

Dennis J. Mazur

Erratum pp. 320-320

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Volume 24, issue 2, 2004

Highlights of This Issue pp. 117-121

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Influence of Clinical and Economical Factors on the Expert Rating of Appropriateness of Preoperative Use of Recombinant Erythropoietin in Elective Orthopedic Surgery Patients pp. 122-130

Patrick Taffé, Bernard Burnand, Vincent Wietlisbach and John-Paul Vader

Parametric Mean Survival Time Analysis in Gastric Cancer Patients pp. 131-141

Shunzo Maetani, Toshifusa Nakajima and Toshikuni Nishikawa

“Is 28% Good or Bad?†Evaluability and Preference Reversals in Health Care Decisions pp. 142-148

Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, Angela Fagerlin and Peter A. Ubel

Avoidance of Anticipated Regret: The Ordering of Prostate-Specific Antigen Tests pp. 149-159

Paul Clay Sorum, Etienne Mullet, Junseop Shim, Sylvie Bonnin-Scaon, Gérard Chasseigne and Joël Cogneau

Predicting EuroQoL EQ-5D Preference Scores from the SF-12 Health Survey in a Nationally Representative Sample pp. 160-169

William F. Lawrence and John A. Fleishman

The Validity of Person Tradeoff Measurements: Randomized Trial of Computer Elicitation Versus Face-to-Face Interview pp. 170-180

Laura J. Damschroder, Jonathan Baron, John C. Hershey, David A. Asch, Christopher Jepson and Peter A. Ubel

HIV Prevention, Cost-Utility Analysis, and Race/Ethnicity: Methodological Considerations and Recommendations pp. 181-191

David R. Holtgrave

A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating Information Technologies and Decision Support Systems for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response pp. 192-206

Dena M. Bravata, Kathryn M. McDonald, Herbert Szeto, Wendy M. Smith, Chara Rydzak and Douglas K. Owens

Expected Value of Sample Information Calculations in Medical Decision Modeling pp. 207-227

A. E. Ades, G. Lu and K. Claxton

The Appropriateness Method pp. 228-231

Paul Shekelle

Is Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Unfair? pp. 232-234

Louise Russell

Negligence Law pp. 235-235

Dennis J. Mazur

The State of the Field pp. 236-237

Alan Schwartz

Volume 24, issue 1, 2004

Highlights of This Issue pp. 5-8

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Cost-Effectiveness of Sibutramine in the Treatment of Obesity pp. 9-19

Emma Warren, Alan Brennan and Ron Akehurst

Estimating the Prognosis of Hepatitis C Patients Infected by Transfusion in Canada between 1986 and 1990 pp. 20-29

Murray Krahn, John B. Wong, Jenny Heathcote, Linda Scully and Leonard Seeff

Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Vertical HIV Transmission from Pregnant Women Who Have Not Received Prenatal Care pp. 30-39

Joseph M. Mrus and Joel Tsevat

Health State Utilities in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Patients with Heartburn: A Study in Germany and Sweden pp. 40-52

Bernt Kartman, Gudrun Gatz and Magnus Johannesson

A Comparison of Narrative and Table Formats for Presenting Hypothetical Health States to Patients with Gastrointestinal or Pulmonary Disease pp. 53-60

Holger J. Schünemann, Elisabeth Ståhl, Peggy Austin, Elie Akl, David Armstrong and Gordon H. Guyatt

The Relationship between the Visual Analog Scale and the SF-36 Scales in the General Population: An Update pp. 61-63

Amir Shmueli

Alternative Medicine or “Alternative†Patients: A Qualitative Study of Patient-Oriented Decision-Making Processes with Respect to Complementary and Alternative Medicine pp. 64-79

Opher Caspi, Mary Koithan and Michael W. Criddle

The GAME Estimate of Reduced Life Expectancy pp. 80-88

Wilbert B. van den Hout

Gaussian Process Modeling in Conjunction with Individual Patient Simulation Modeling: A Case Study Describing the Calculation of Cost-Effectiveness Ratios for the Treatment of Established Osteoporosis pp. 89-100

M. D. Stevenson, J. Oakley and J. B. Chilcott

Negligence Law pp. 101-101

Dennis J. Mazur

Heterogeneity Bias: The Difference between Adjusted and Unadjusted Effects pp. 102-104

Ewout W. Steyerberg and Marinus J. C. Eijkemans