Highlights of This Issue
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 241-245. [PDF]  

Donald A. Brand

Benefits, Harms, and the Design of Clinical Trials
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 246-247. [PDF] [References]  

Harold P. Lehmann

Are We Ready for Patient-Based Effect Sizes in Clinical-Trials Research?
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 248-249. [PDF] [References]  

Bruce Barrett, David Brown, Marlon Mundt, and Roger Brown

Sufficiently Important Difference: Expanding the Framework of Clinical Significance
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 250-261. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Tim Rakow, Charles Vincent, Kate Bull, and Nigel Harvey

Assessing the Likelihood of an Important Clinical Outcome: New Insights from a Comparison of Clinical and Actuarial Judgment
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 262-282. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Joseph R. Egger, Gary R. Cutter, Patricia A. Carney, Stephen H. Taplin, William E. Barlow, R. Edward Hendrick, Carl J. D’Orsi, Jessica S. Fosse, Linn Abraham, and Joann G. Elmore

Mammographers’ Perception of Women’s Breast Cancer Risk
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 283-289. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Lisa M. Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, and H. Gilbert Welch

Can Patients Interpret Health Information? An Assessment of the Medical Data Interpretation Test
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 290-300. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Pamela B. Peele, Laura A. Siminoff, Ying Xu, and Peter M. Ravdin

Decreased Use of Adjuvant Breast Cancer Therapy in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Decision Aid with Individualized Risk Information
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 301-307. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Zia Agha, Richard P. Lofgren, and Jerome V. VanRuiswyk

Is Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Bacterial Endocarditis Cost-Effective?
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 308-320. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Rochelle P. Walensky, Milton C. Weinstein, Heather E. Smith, Kenneth A. Freedberg, and A. David Paltiel

Optimal Allocation of Testing Dollars: The Example of HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 321-329. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Sajjad Ahmad

The Cost-Effectiveness of Raising the Legal Smoking Age in California
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 330-340. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Afschin Gandjour and Karl Wilhelm Lauterbach

How Much Does It Cost to Change the Behavior of Health Professionals? A Mathematical Model and an Application to Academic Detailing
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 341-347. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Dennis J. Mazur

Rewarding Extraordinary Inventions
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 348-349. [PDF]  

Alan Schwartz

From Comparative Judgments to Absolute Scales
Med Decis Making 2005 25: 350-351. [PDF] [References]  

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