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Harold C. Sox & Michael C. Higgins 
Medical Decision Making 

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Medical Decision Making provides clinicians with a
powerful framework for helping patients make decisions that
increase the likelihood that they will have the outcomes that are
most consistent with their preferences.

This new edition provides a thorough understanding of the key
decision making infrastructure of clinical practice and explains
the principles of medical decision making both for individual
patients and the wider health care arena. It shows how to make the
best clinical decisions based on the available evidence and how to
use clinical guidelines and decision support systems in electronic
medical records to shape practice guidelines and policies.

Medical Decision Making is a valuable resource for all
experienced and learning clinicians who wish to fully understand
and apply decision modelling, enhance their practice and improve
patient outcomes.

‘There is little doubt that in the future many clinical
analyses will be based on the methods described in Medical
Decision Making, and the book provides a basis for a critical
appraisal of such policies.’ – Jerome P. Kassirer M.D.,
Distinguished Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, US
and Visiting Professor, Stanford Medical School, US
€46.99
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Table of Content

Foreword – Jerome Kassirer

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Differential Diagnosis

Chapter 3: Probability: Quantifying Uncertainty

Chapter 4: Understanding New Information: Bayes’ Theorem

Chapter 5: Measuring the Accuracy of Diagnostic Information

Chapter 6: Expected Value Decision Analysis

Chapter 7: Markov Models and Time-Varying Outcomes

Chapter 8: Measuring the Outcome of Care

Chapter 9: Selection and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests

Chapter 10: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Chapter 11: Medical Decision Making In Practice: Advanced Methods

Index

About the author

Harold C. Sox
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire

Michael C. Higgins
Stanford University, Stanford, California

Douglas K. Owens
Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California; Stanford University, Stanford, California
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 368 ● ISBN 9781118341575 ● File size 5.1 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2013 ● Edition 2 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2680412 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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