Policy relevance of Bayesian statistics overestimated?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 488-492

  Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan ^a   Rovers, Maroeska ^b   Straatman, Huub ^a   Van Der Bij, Sjoukje ^a   Van Den Broek, Paul ^a   Zielhuis, Gerhard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Otitis media with effusion; Policy relevance; Surgery

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; SURGERY;

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION (OME); POLICY MAKERS; SURGICAL TREATMENT;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MUCOID OTITIS MEDIA; NETHERLANDS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8544245740     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462304001400     Document Type: Article

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