The half-cycle correction: Banish rather than explain it

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 500-502

  Barendregt, Jan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Markov Models; Mathematical models and decision analysis; Statistical methods.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; GOVERNMENT; HALF CYCLE CORRECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE METHOD; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349141120     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X09340585     Document Type: Article

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