Decision Making

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Evidence-based medicine in the psychological treatment of schizophrenia.

Treatments should be based on reviews of the best available evidence. However, there are different views about the types of evidence that may be included. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has its own clear hierarchy with systematic reviews of randomized ...
Frank Margison (J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry, 2003SPRING)
evidence-based-medicine-psychological-treatment-schizophrenia.asp

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Characteristics of rural elderly people who bypass local pharmacies.

CONTEXT: The bypassing of local pharmacies by consumers is an indicator of limited accessibility and, possibly, compromised quality of rural pharmacy services. PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to identify the characteristics of rural consumers ...
K Tom Xu, Tyrone F Borders (J Rural Health, 2003SPRING)
characteristics-rural-elderly-people-who-bypass-local-pharmacies.asp

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Noncognitive predictors of academic performance. Going beyond the traditional measures.

The purpose of this study was to examine comparatively the use of an atypical, noncognitive predictor of academic achievement, the Problem Solving Inventory (PSI), with the traditional cognitive measures of American College Testing (ACT) score and grade ...
Susan DeAngelis (J Allied Health, 2003SPRING)
noncognitive-predictors-academic-performance-going-beyond-traditional.asp

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Mathematical modeling of decision making: a soft and fuzzy approach to capturing hard decisions.

This research focuses on a modeling approach and set of mathematical tools that were derived from research on intelligence systems, namely fuzzy system modeling. This study systematically evaluates these tools as an approach for modeling human decision ...
David W Dorsey, Michael D Coovert (Hum Factors, 2003SPRING)
mathematical-modeling-decision-making-soft-fuzzy-approach-capturing.asp

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Empirical assessment of expertise.

The assessment of expertise is vital both in practical situations that call for expert judgment and in theoretical research on the psychology of experts. It can be difficult, however, to determine whether a judge is in fact performing expertly. Our goal ...
David J Weiss, James Shanteau (Hum Factors, 2003SPRING)
empirical-assessment-expertise.asp

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The complete "how to" guide for selecting a disease management vendor.

Decision-makers in health plans, large medical groups, and self-insured employers face many challenges in selecting and implementing disease management programs. One strategy is the "buy" approach, utilizing one or more of the many vendors to provide ...
Ariel Linden, Nancy Roberts, Kevin Keck (Dis Manag, 2003SPRING)
complete-guide-selecting-disease-management-vendor.asp

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Measuring the quality of judgement and decision-making in nursing.

AIM: This paper discusses measurement of the quality of judgement and decision-making in nursing research. It examines theoretical and research issues surrounding how to measure judgement accuracy as a component of evaluating decision-making in nursing ...
Dawn Dowding, Carl Thompson (J Adv Nurs, 200310)
measuring-quality-judgement-decision-making-nursing.asp

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Participation of children in clinical research: factors that influence a parents decision to consent.

BACKGROUND: Given the initiatives of the National Institutes of Health and other agencies to include children in research, it is important to understand the factors that influence their participation. This study was designed to identify factors that ...
Alan R Tait, Terri Voepel-Lewis, Shobha Malviya (Anesthesiology, 200310)
participation-children-clinical-research-factors-influence-parent-s.asp

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The moral relevance of personal characteristics in setting health care priorities.

This paper discusses the moral relevance of accounting for various personal characteristics when prioritising between groups of patients. After a review of the results from empirical studies, we discuss the ethical reasons which might explain-and ...
Jan Abel Olsen, Jeff Richardson, Paul Dolan, Paul Menzel (Soc Sci Med, 200310)
moral-relevance-personal-characteristics-setting-health-care.asp

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Parsimonious versus patient-centered care: quality issues in childhood immunization.

As currently practiced, the standard of care strictly limiting the number of medical conditions that warrant withholding vaccination may be incompatible with the Institute of Medicines (IOM) recommendation for patient-centered care. Furthermore, the ...
Carolyn Gallagher (J Healthc Qual, 200309-10)
parsimonious-versus-patient-centered-care-quality-issues-childhood.asp