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Medical Decision Making : A Health Economic Primer by Stefan Felder, Thomas Mayrhofer (auth.) is a business book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Medical Decision Making : A Health Economic Primer about?

<p>This textbook offers a comprehensive analysis of medical decision making under uncertainty by combining Test Information Theory with Expected Utility Theory. 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 preferences on physicians’ decisions. They analyze individ

Who reads Medical Decision Making : A Health Economic Primer?

It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.

Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.

Author
Stefan Felder, Thomas Mayrhofer (auth.)
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9781631661709
Category
business
Subjects
Management, Economics, Science
Updated
2026-03-25

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