Medical decision making : a health economic primer /: a health economic primer. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Stefan Felder, Thomas Mayrhofer.
• Other Names: Felder, Stefan; Mayrhofer, Thomas
• Contents: Introduction.- Basic Tools in Medical Decision Making.- Preferences, Expected Utility, Risk Aversion and Prudence.- Treatment Decisions Without Diagnostic Tests.- Treatment Decisions with Diagnostic Tests.- Treatment Decisions Under Comorbidity Risk.- Optimal Strategy for Multiple Diagnostic Tests.- The Optimal Cutoff Value of a Diagnostic Test.- A Test's Total Value of Information.- Valuing Health and Life.- Imperfect Agency and Non-expected Utility Models.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (253 pages)
• Subjects: 610; Medicine -- Decision making; Health -- Decision making
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662534328
• Related ISBNs: 9783662534311
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