Highlights of This Issue
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 117-121. [PDF]  

Patrick Taffé, Bernard Burnand, Vincent Wietlisbach, and John-Paul Vader

Influence of Clinical and Economical Factors on the Expert Rating of Appropriateness of Preoperative Use of Recombinant Erythropoietin in Elective Orthopedic Surgery Patients
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 122-130. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Shunzo Maetani, Toshifusa Nakajima, and Toshikuni Nishikawa

Parametric Mean Survival Time Analysis in Gastric Cancer Patients
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 131-141. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, Angela Fagerlin, and Peter A. Ubel

"Is 28% Good or Bad?" Evaluability and Preference Reversals in Health Care Decisions
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 142-148. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Paul Clay Sorum, Etienne Mullet, Junseop Shim, Sylvie Bonnin-Scaon, Gérard Chasseigne, and Joël Cogneau

Avoidance of Anticipated Regret: The Ordering of Prostate-Specific Antigen Tests
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 149-159. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

William F. Lawrence and John A. Fleishman

Predicting EuroQoL EQ-5D Preference Scores from the SF-12 Health Survey in a Nationally Representative Sample
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 160-169. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Laura J. Damschroder, Jonathan Baron, John C. Hershey, David A. Asch, Christopher Jepson, and Peter A. Ubel

The Validity of Person Tradeoff Measurements: Randomized Trial of Computer Elicitation Versus Face-to-Face Interview
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 170-180. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David R. Holtgrave

HIV Prevention, Cost-Utility Analysis, and Race/Ethnicity: Methodological Considerations and Recommendations
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 181-191. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Dena M. Bravata, Kathryn M. McDonald, Herbert Szeto, Wendy M. Smith, Chara Rydzak, and Douglas K. Owens

A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating Information Technologies and Decision Support Systems for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 192-206. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

A. E. Ades, G. Lu, and K. Claxton

Expected Value of Sample Information Calculations in Medical Decision Modeling
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 207-227. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Paul Shekelle

The Appropriateness Method
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 228-231. [PDF] [References]  

Louise B. Russell

Is Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Unfair?
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 232-234. [PDF] [References]  

Dennis J. Mazur

Negligence Law: Foreseeable Risk Versus Cost-Balancing Approaches
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 235. [PDF]  

Alan Schwartz

The State of the Field
Med Decis Making 2004 24: 236-237. [PDF] [References]  

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