Medical decision making [electronic resource] / Harold C. Sox, Michael C. Higgins, Douglas K. Owens.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 347 p. : illUniform titles:
  • Medical decision making.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.07/5 23
LOC classification:
  • RC71.5 .S69 2013eb
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Differential Diagnosis -- Probability: Quantifying Uncertainty -- Understanding New Information: Bayes' Theorem -- Measuring the Accuracy of Diagnostic Information -- Expected Value Decision Analysis -- Markov Models and Time-Varying Outcomes --Measuring the Outcome of Care -- Selection and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests -- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Medical Decision Making In Practice: Advanced Methods -- Index.
Summary: "This title provides a thorough understanding of the key decision making infrastructure of clinical practice and retains its emphasis on practice and principles of individualized medical decision making"--Provided by publisher.
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Rev. ed. of: Medical decision making / Harold C. Sox, Jr. ... [et al.]. c1998.

Originally published in 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Differential Diagnosis -- Probability: Quantifying Uncertainty -- Understanding New Information: Bayes' Theorem -- Measuring the Accuracy of Diagnostic Information -- Expected Value Decision Analysis -- Markov Models and Time-Varying Outcomes --Measuring the Outcome of Care -- Selection and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests -- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Medical Decision Making In Practice: Advanced Methods -- Index.

"This title provides a thorough understanding of the key decision making infrastructure of clinical practice and retains its emphasis on practice and principles of individualized medical decision making"--Provided by publisher.

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