Improving Evidence-based Decision Making—Recent Advances in Research-transfer Models
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 1-2. [PDF]  

Alejandro R. Jadad and R. Brian Haynes

The Cochrane Collaboration-Advances and Challenges in Improving Evidence-based Decision Making
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 2-9. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

William J. Sibbald and Jennifer D. Kossuth

The Ontario Health Care Evaluation Network and the Critical Care Research Network as Vehicles for Research Transfer
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 9-16. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

C. David Naylor

Discussion
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 16-18. [PDF]  

Michael L. DeKay and David A. Asch

Is the Defensive Use of Diagnostic Tests Good for Patients, or Bad?
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 19-28. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Stephen G. Pauker and Susan P. Pauker

Expected-utility Perspectives on Defensive Testing: Torts, Tradeoffs, and Thresholds— Is Defensive Medicine Defensible?
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 29-31. [PDF] [References]  

David R. Rovner

Laboratory Testing May Not Glitter Like Gold
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 32-33. [PDF] [References]  

Douglas K. Owens

Defensive Diagnostic Testing—A Case of Stolen Utility?
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 33-34. [PDF] [References]  

Michael L. DeKay and David A. Asch

Offensive Testing—the Balancing Act, the Evil Twin, and the Pure Play
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 35-36. [PDF] [References]  

Vic Hasselblad

Meta-analysis of Multitreatment Studies
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 37-43. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Nancy Neil, Sean D. Sullivan, and Daniel S. Lessler

The Economics of Treatment for Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 44-51. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Sybolt O. de Vries, Vaclav Fidler, Wietze D. Kuipers, and Maria G.M. Hunink

Fitting Multistate Transition Models with Autoregressive Logistic Regression: Supervised Exercise in Intermittent Claudication
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 52-60. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Heather J. Sutherland, Raquel da Cunha, Gina A. Lockwood, and James E. Till

What Attitudes and Beliefs Underlie Patients' Decisions about Participating in Chemotherapy Trials?
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 61-69. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pablo Lapuerta, Gilbert J. L'Italien, Sumita Paul, Robert C. Hendel, Jeffrey A. Leppo, Lee A. Fleisher, Mylan C. Cohen, Kim A. Eagle, and Robert P. Giugliano

Neural Network Assessment of Perioperative Cardiac Risk in Vascular Surgery Patients
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 70-75. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Leslie A. Lenert, Daniel J. Cher, Mary K. Goldstein, Merlynn R. Bergen, and Alan Garber

The Effect of Search Procedures on Utility Elicitations
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 76-83. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Darrell J. Gaskin, Janet Kong, Neal J. Meropol, K. Robin Yabroff, Charles Weaver, and Kevin A. Schulman

Treatment Choices by Seriously III Patients: The Health Stock Risk Adjustment Model
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 84-94. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

James C. Felli and Gordon B. Hazen

Sensitivity Analysis and the Expected Value of Perfect Information
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 95-109. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Charles E. Metz, Benjamin A. Herman, and Cheryl A. Roe

Statistical Comparison of Two ROC-curve Estimates Obtained from Partially-paired Datasets
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 110-121. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Jørgen Hilden

Neural Networks and the Roles of Cross Validation
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 122-123. [PDF] [References]  

Georgia D. Tourassi and Carey E. Floyd, JR.

In reply
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 123-124. [PDF] [References]  

Paul F. Gross

Book Reviews : Analysis and Evaluation of Health Care Systems: An Integrated Approach to Managerial Decision Making. By THOMAS T. H. Wan. Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press, 1995, 231 pp., $48.00 hardbound
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 124. [PDF] [References]  

Sundar Natarajan

Book Reviews : Applied Quantitative Methods for Health Services Management. By LEE F. SIEDEL, ROBIN D. GORSKY, and JAMES B. Lewis, Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press, 1995, 256 pp, $40.00 hardbound
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 124-126. [PDF]  

Dennis J. Mazur

Judgmental Psychology, Law, and Ethics: Law and Ethics (Negligent Testing & False-positive Results)
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 126. [PDF] [References]  

Law and Ethics (Nursing and Malpractice Liability): CAVICO FJ, CAVICO NM. The nursing profession in the 1990's: negligence and malpractice liability. Cleveland State Law Review. 1995;43:556-626
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 127. [PDF] [References]  

Law and Ethics (Role of Forensic Psychiatric Consultation in Managing Malpractice Risks): BURSZTAJN HJ, BRODSKY A. A new resource for managing malpractice risks in manage care. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1996;156:2057-2063
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 127. [PDF] [References]  

Announcements and Notices
Med Decis Making 1998 18: 128-130. [PDF]  

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