Medical Decision Making

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Volume 21, issue 6, 2001

Understanding Birthing Mode Decision Making Using Artificial Neural Networks pp. 433-443

Martin MacDowell, Eugene Somoza, Kenneth Rothe, Richard Fry, Kim Brady and Albert Bocklet

Intermediate Short-Term Outcomes after Brain Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurology Outpatients pp. 444-450

Philippe Demaerel, Erik Béatse, Kristiaan Roels and Vincent Thijs

A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Alternative At-Home or In-Laboratory Technologies for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome pp. 451-458

Haim Reuveni, Eithan Schweitzer and Ariel Tarasiuk

Frequency or Probability? A Qualitative Study of Risk Communication Formats Used in Health Care pp. 459-467

Marilyn M. Schapira, Ann B. Nattinger and Colleen A. McHorney

Using Life Expectancy to Communicate Benefits of Health Care Programs in Contingent Valuation Studies pp. 468-478

Jill Morris and James Hammitt

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 pp. 479-489

Michael A. Kohn and Thomas B. Newman

Comparison of Appropriateness Ratings for Cataract Surgery between Convened and Mail-only Multidisciplinary Panels pp. 490-497

Joanne K. Tobacman, Ingrid U. Scott, Stacey T. Cyphert and M. Bridget Zimmerman

Intervals for Posttest Probabilities: A Comparison of 5 Methods pp. 498-507

Douglas Mossman and James O. Berger

Law and Ethics pp. 508-509

Dennis J. Mazur

Book Review: Pricing Life: Why It’s Time for Health Care Rationing pp. 510-511

Martin A. Strosberg

Determining the Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve for a Binary Diagnostic Test: Best Is Not Always Ideal pp. 512-513

Gerrit Jager

Reply to Jager pp. 514-514

Scott B. Cantor and Michael W. Kattan

The Aftermath: Knowledge and Uncertainty pp. 515-516

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Abstracts from the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making pp. 517-548

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23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making Abstract Author Index pp. 549-551

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Index to Medical Decision Making Volume 21 pp. 552-557

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Volume 21, issue 5, 2001

Highlights of this Issue pp. 341-343

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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 pp. 344-356

Mitchell A. Medow, Timothy J. Wilt, Signe Dysken, Steve D. Hillson, Sharon Woods and Steven J. Borowsky

Cost-effectiveness of Harm Reduction in Preventing Hepatitis C among Injection Drug Users pp. 357-367

Harold A. Pollack

Identifying Diagnostic Errors with Induced Decision Trees pp. 368-375

Catherine K. Murphy

The Beguiling Pursuit of More Information pp. 376-381

Donald A. Redelmeier, Eldar Shafir and Prince S. Aujla

Assessing Values for Health: Numeracy Matters pp. 382-390

Steven Woloshin, Lisa M. Schwartz, Megan Moncur, Sherine Gabriel and Anna N. A. Tosteson

Optimal Investment in a Portfolio of HIV Prevention Programs pp. 391-408

Gregory S. Zaric and Margaret L. Brandeau

Parametric Three-Way Receiver Operating Characteristic Surface Analysis Using Mathematica pp. 409-417

Paul S. Heckerling

Law and Ethics pp. 419-420

Dennis J. Mazur

Volume 21, issue 4, 2001

Dynamic Analysis of Liver Allocation Policies pp. 257-266

David H. Howard

In Search of Tools to Aid Logical Thinking and Communicating about Medical Decision Making pp. 267-277

M. G. Myriam Hunink

Revising a Priority List Based on Cost-Effectiveness pp. 278-287

Jonathan Baron and Peter A. Ubel

An Off-the-Shelf Help List pp. 288-294

Chaim M. Bell, Richard H. Chapman, Patricia W. Stone, Eileen A. Sandberg and Peter J. Neumann

Stability of Patients’ Preferences for Chemotherapy pp. 295-306

Sylvia J. T. Jansen, Job Kievit, Marianne A. Nooij and Anne M. Stiggelbout

Does Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Make a Difference? pp. 307-323

Michael D. Hagen, Alan M. Garber, Sue J. Goldie, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Jeanne Mandelblatt, David Meltzer, Peter Neumann, Joanna E. Siegel, Harold C. Sox and Joel Tsevat

Rationing versus Rationality pp. 324-328

Terri Jackson

Visual Analog Scales pp. 329-334

George W. Torrance, David Feeny and William Furlong

Law and Ethics pp. 335-336

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Volume 21, issue 3, 2001

Erratum pp. 95-109

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Risk-Adjusted Monitoring of Binary Surgical Outcomes pp. 163-169

Stefan H. Steiner, Richard J. Cook and Vern T. Farewell

Decision-Case Mix Model for Analyzing Variation in Cesarean Rates pp. 170-179

Leslie Eldenburg and William S. Waller

Preference for Equity As a Framing Effect pp. 180-189

Peter A. Ubel, Jonathan Baron and David A. Asch

Do Nonpatients Underestimate the Quality of Life Associated with Chronic Health Conditions because of a Focusing Illusion? pp. 190-199

Peter A. Ubel, George Loewenstein, John Hershey, Jonathan Baron, Tara Mohr, David A. Asch and Christopher Jepson

What Should Be Reported in a Methods Section on Utility Assessment? pp. 200-207

Peep F. M. Stalmeier, M. K. Goldstein, A. M. Holmes, L. Lenert, J. Miyamoto, A. M. Stiggelbout, G. W. Torrance and J. Tsevat

Choice-Matching Preference Reversals in Health Outcome Assessments pp. 208-218

Walton Sumner and Robert F. Nease

Bayesian Assessment of Sample Size for Clinical Trials of Cost-Effectiveness pp. 219-230

Anthony O’Hagan and John W. Stevens

Women’s Views on Breast Cancer Risk and Screening Mammography pp. 231-240

E. Silverman, S. Woloshin, L. M. Schwartz, S. J. Byram, H. G. Welch and B. Fischhoff

Patient-Centered Decision Making pp. 241-247

Mark H. Eckman

Industrial Engineering and the Practice of Medicine pp. 248-249

Mark S. Roberts

Law and Ethics pp. 250-251

Dennis J. Mazur

Book Review: Decision Making in Health Care: Theory, Psychology and Applications pp. 252-253

Amiram Gafni

Volume 21, issue 2, 2001

Reanalysis of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm Management pp. 87-96

Noriaki Aoki, J. Robert Beck, Takao Kitahara, Sadayoshi Ohbu, Kazui Soma, Takashi Ohwada, Richard W. Cone and Tsuguya Fukui

Utility Elicitation Using Single-Item Questions Compared with a Computerized Interview pp. 97-104

Leslie A. Lenert, Cathy D. Sherbourne and Valerie Reyna

Evaluating Quality-Adjusted Life Years pp. 105-112

Michael Nichol, Nishan Sengupta and Denise R. Globe

Lack of Congruence in the Ratings of Patients’ Health Status by Patients and Their Physicians pp. 113-121

Maria E. Suarez-Almazor, Barbara Conner-Spady, Chris J. Kendall, Anthony S. Russell and Kenneth Skeith

Preferences for Fractures and Other Glucocorticoid-Associated Adverse Effects among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients pp. 122-132

Linda A. Merlino, Indranil Bagchi, Thomas N. Taylor, Paul Utrie, Elizabeth Chrischilles, Walton Sumner, Amy Mudano and Kenneth G. Saag

Measuring Patients’ Medical Care Preferences: Care Seeking versus Self-Treating pp. 133-140

Julie M. Ganther, Joseph B. Wiederholt and David H. Kreling

The Role of Risk and Benefit Perception in Informed Consent for Surgery pp. 141-149

Andrew Lloyd, Paul Hayes, Peter R. F. Bell and A. Ross Naylor

Clinical Decision Analysis pp. 150-151

James G. Dolan

The Importance of Memory in Informed Consent for Surgical Risk pp. 152-155

Valerie F. Reyna and Allan J. Hamilton

Law and Ethics pp. 156-157

Dennis J. Mazur

Book Review: Regression Analysis of Count Data pp. 158-159

Ramalingam Shanmugam

Volume 21, issue 1, 2001

Randomized Trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Choice of Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer pp. 1-6

Vivek Goel, Carol A. Sawka, Elaine C. Thiel, Elaine H. Gort and Annette M. O’Connor

A Comparison of United Kingdom and Spanish General Population Time Trade-off Values for EQ-5D Health States pp. 7-16

Xavier Badia, Montserrat Roset, Michael Herdman and Paul Kind

Visual Analog Scales, Standard Gambles, and Relative Risk Aversion pp. 17-27

Angela Robinson, Graham Loomes and Michael Jones-Lee

Factors Influencing Physicians’ Judgments of Adherence and Treatment Decisions for Patients with HIV Disease pp. 28-36

Laura M. Bogart, Sheryl L. Catz, Jeffrey A. Kelly and Eric G. Benotsch

General Performance on a Numeracy Scale among Highly Educated Samples pp. 37-44

Isaac M. Lipkus, Greg Samsa and Barbara K. Rimer

Prognostic Modeling with Logistic Regression Analysis pp. 45-56

Ewout W. Steyerberg, Marinus J. C. Eijkemans, Frank E. Harrell and J. Dik F. Habbema

Health Values and Prospect Theory pp. 57-59

Diana Stratmann-Schoene and Thomas Klose

The Inclusion of Patient Testimonials in Decision Aids pp. 60-68

Peter A. Ubel, Christopher Jepson and Jonathan Baron

A Look Back—and Ahead pp. 69-70

Frank A. Sonnenberg

Reflections on the Beginnings and Future of Medical Decision Making pp. 71-73

Dennis G. Fryback

Medical Decision Making: 20 Years of Advancing the Field pp. 73-75

J. Robert Beck

The Society for Medical Decision Making at 21 pp. 75-77

Arthur Elstein

A Society for Medical Decision Making pp. 78-79

Stephen G. Pauker

Law and Ethics pp. 80-81

Dennis J. Mazur

On Using the Standard Gamble to Determine Utilities for Uncertain Health States pp. 82-83

Moshe Leshno

Cost-Value Analysis in Health Care: Making Sense of QALYs pp. 84-84

Peter A. Ubel