Medical decision making

• Main Author: Sox, Harold C.
• Other Authors: Higgins, Michael C. (Michael Clark), 1950-, Owens, Douglas K.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Diagnosis, Differential.; Cost-Benefit Analysis.; Decision Making.; Probability.; MEDICAL / Diagnosis; MEDICAL / Laboratory Medicine; MEDICAL / Nursing / Assessment & Diagnosis; Cost effectiveness.; Decision making.; Probabilities.; Electronic books.; E-books.; Downloadable e-books.

"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.

Table of Contents:

• 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-expected utility analysis
• Selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests
• Cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-benefit analysis
• Medical decision analysis in practice: advanced methods.