Titlebook: Medical Decision Making; A Health Economic Pr Stefan Felder,Thomas Mayrhofer Textbook 20111st edition Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 201

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Treatment Decisions with Diagnostic Tests,ted. The test threshold marks the minimal prevalence rate at which testing is called for, while the treatment threshold marks the point at which the decision maker should treat immediately without prior testing. Finally, we analyze the effects of potential harm and the cost of testing on the test and treatment thresholds.

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Textbook 20111st edition hypothesis. The book shows how the parameters of Bayes’ theorem can be combined with a value function of health states to arrive at informed test and treatment decisions. The authors distinguish between risk neutral, risk averse and prudent decision makers and demonstrate the effects of risk prefer

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Valuing Health and Life,l investments. After characterizing individual choices we analyze the allocation chosen by a social planner who maximizes ‘the greatest good of the greatest number’. We conclude the chapter by comparing the utilitarian solution to the allocation of medical investments based on the QALY model.

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