This textbook offers a comprehensive analysis of medical
decision-making under uncertainty by combining test information
theory with expected utility theory. The authors show how the
parameters of Bayes’ theorem can be combined with a value
function of health states in order to arrive at informed test and
treatment decisions in the face of diagnostic and therapeutic
risks. Distinguishing between risk-neutral, risk-averse, and
prudent decision-makers, they demonstrate the effects of risk
preferences on medical decisions. Furthermore, they analyze
individual and multiple tests as well as diagnostic models in which
the decision-maker chooses the test outcome. The consequences of
test and treatment decisions for the patient are encompassed by
quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and the standard economic
model, which applies the willingness to pay for health approach.
Lastly, non-expected utility models of choice under risk and
uncertainty are presented. Although these models can explain some
of the test and treatment decisions observed, they are less
suitable for normative analyses aimed at providing guidance on
medical decision-making. This third edition provides extensively
revised versions of all chapters and reflects recent innovations in
medical decision-making such as decision curve analysis. New
chapters focus on the health economics of and revealed preferences
in medical decisions. The book is intended for students of (health)
economics and medicine as well as for medical decision-makers and
physicians dealing with uncertainty in their test and treatment
decisions.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Stefan Felder
• Thomas Mayrhofer
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
316 |
| Edition: |
3rd ed. 2022 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-662-64656-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
3-662-64656-0 |
| Barcode: |
9783662646564 |
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