A new method for determining physician decision thresholds using empiric, uncertain recommendations

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Boland, Michael V ^a,b   Lehmann, Harold P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950664645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-20     Document Type: Article

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