Sensitivity analysis and the expected value of perfect information

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-109

  Felli, James C ^a   Hazen, Gordon B ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Expected value of perfect information; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; COST; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENTROPY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; INFORMATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BACTERIURIA; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION THEORY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0031982786     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9801800117     Document Type: Article

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