A continuous-risk decision analysis of total hip replacement

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 776-793

  Pellissier, James M ^a   Hazen, Gordon B ^b   Chang, Rowland W ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous risk utility assessment; Decision analysis; Health care; Stochastic trees

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); HEALTH CARE; HIP PROSTHESES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CONTINUOUS RISK DECISION ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS RISK UTILITY ASSESSMENT; CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV CHAINS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT RISK ATTITUDES; STANDARD ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS; STOCHASTIC TREE MODEL; STOCHASTIC TREES;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0030170665     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.98     Document Type: Article

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