Modelling in Medical Decision Making. A Bayesian Approach
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Author(s): G. Parmigiani
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471986089
Format: hardback
267pp
Price: £45.00
Review Date: 10 April 2002
Review: This textbook, primarily for students of biostatics, aims to bridge the gap between simulation-based statistical methods and their use in medical decision-making. Simulation-based Bayesian methods, based on simple and universal notions, can help address some medical decision problems to assess values, outcomes and uncertainties, by directly combining the processes of information synthesis and decision modelling. The book is divided into two parts. The first part describes the principles and techniques: inference, formal decision-making, and simulation. The second part details three case studies using meta-analysis, decision trees, and multicomponent approaches in chronic disease modelling.