Primer on medical decision analysis .4. Analyzing the model and interpreting the results

被引:136
作者
Krahn, MD
Naglie, G
Naimark, D
Redelmeier, DA
Detsky, AS
机构
[1] UNIV TORONTO, PROGRAMME CLIN EPIDEMIOL & HLTH CARE RES, TORONTO HOSP UNIT, TORONTO, ON, CANADA
[2] UNIV TORONTO, PROGRAMME CLIN EPIDEMIOL & HLTH CARE RES, SUNNYBROOK HLTH SCI CTR UNIT, TORONTO, ON, CANADA
[3] UNIV TORONTO, PROGRAMME CLIN EPIDEMIOL & HLTH CARE RES, DEPT HLTH ADM, TORONTO, ON, CANADA
[4] UNIV TORONTO, PROGRAMME CLIN EPIDEMIOL & HLTH CARE RES, DEPT MED, TORONTO, ON, CANADA
[5] UNIV TORONTO, PROGRAMME CLIN EPIDEMIOL & HLTH CARE RES, DEPT CLIN BIOCHEM, TORONTO, ON, CANADA
关键词
decision analysis; expected value; utility; sensitivity analysis; decision trees; probability;
D O I
10.1177/0272989X9701700204
中图分类号
R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
学科分类号
摘要
This paper is the fourth of a five-part series that describes the principles of construction and evaluation of valid decision models. In this review, the authors describe the key principles of detecting and eliminating structural and programming errors in decision trees (debugging). In addition, they offer guidelines to facilitate the interpretation of analytic results of decision models.
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页码:142 / 151
页数:10
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