Incorporating uncertainty into medical decision making: An approach to unexpected test results

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-124

  Bianchi, Matt T ^a   Alexander, Brian M ^a   Cash, Sydney S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes; Decision theory; Pretest probability; Uncertainty; Unexpected

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NOMOGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 59549091097     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X08323620     Document Type: Article

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