Use of influence diagrams to structure medical decisions

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-275

  Nease Jr , Robert F ^a,d   Owens, Douglas K ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Decision analysis; Decision techniques; Decision tree; Influence diagrams

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MODEL;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 1842292106     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9701700302     Document Type: Article

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