Medical Decision Making

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

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

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