Reliability block diagrams to model disease management

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-185

  Sonnenberg, Amnon ^a,c   Inadomi, John M ^a   Bauerfeind, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Decision analysis; Outcome research; Reliability block diagram; Screening endoscopy; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENDOSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033028695     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9901900208     Document Type: Article

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