Highlights Of This Issue
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 109-111. [PDF]  

Paul S. Heckerling, Ben S. Gerber, Thomas G. Tape, and Robert S. Wigton

Prediction of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Using Artificial Neural Networks
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 112-121. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Joanne K. Tobacman, Bridget Zimmerman, Paul Lee, Lee Hilborne, Hansjoerg Kolder, and Robert H. Brook

Visual Acuity following Cataract Surgeries in Relation to Preoperative Appropriateness Ratings
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 122-130. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Stephen D. Flach, J. Craig Longenecker, Thomas G. Tape, Teresa J. Bryan, Connie Parenti, and Robert S. Wigton

The Relationship between Treatment Objectives and Practice Patterns in the Management of Urinary Tract Infections
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 131-139. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Holger J. Schünemann, Lauren Griffith, David Stubbing, Roger Goldstein, and Gordon H. Guyatt

A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Measurement Properties of 2 Direct Preference Instruments Administered with and without Hypothetical Marker States
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 140-149. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Emma J. Frew, David K. Whynes, and Jane L. Wolstenholme

Eliciting Willingness to Pay: Comparing Closed-Ended with Open-Ended and Payment Scale Formats
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 150-159. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Wilbert B. van den Hout

The Area under an ROC Curve with Limited Information
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 160-166. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Samuel Cykert and Nancy Phifer

Surgical Decisions for Early Stage, Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Which Racially Sensitive Perceptions of Cancer Are Likely to Explain Racial Variation in Surgery?
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 167-176. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Amber E. Barnato and Alan M. Garber

Performance of the RAND Appropriateness Criteria
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 177-179. [PDF] [References]  

Dennis J. Mazur

Law and Ethics: The Written Contract and Confidentiality in the Law
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 180-181. [PDF]  

Mike Kattan

Book Review: Regression Modeling Strategies: With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic Regression, and Survival Analysis. By Frank E. Harrell Jr. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2001, 582 pages.
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 182-183. [PDF]  

Donald E. Stanley

Book Review: Epidemiology and the Delivery of Health Care Services. 2nd ed. Edited by Denise M. Oleske. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001, 401 pages.
Med Decis Making 2003 23: 184-185. [PDF] [References]  

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