Clinical perspective on risk stratification

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10 II, 1997, Pages 2516-2519

  Sleight, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Cost benefit analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ARRHYTHMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030714676     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06100.x     Document Type: Review

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