Risks and advantages of detecting individuals unfit to drive: A Markov decision analysis

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1796-1803

  Leproust, Sandy ^a,b   Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a,b   Salmi, Louis Rachid ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Decision analysis; Fitness to drive; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DRIVING ABILITY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 56749096621     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0777-8     Document Type: Article

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