TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cerrito,Patricia B.
ED  - IOS Press.
TI  - Data mining to determine risk in medical decisions 
T2  - Studies in health technology and informatics
SN  - 9781607508397
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Amsterdam, Washington, D.C.
PB  - IOS Press
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Data mining
KW  - Health risk assessment
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Data Mining
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Risk Assessment
KW  - Health Status Indicators
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Title page; Preface; Acknowledgement; Contents; Introduction to Medical Risk; Post-Marketing Reporting of Adverse Events and Decisions Concerning Medications; Risk Versus Benefit in Medical Decision Making; The Problem of Competing Risks and Competing Perspectives in Decision Making; The Perception and Misperception of Risk in Decision Making; The Issue of Risk by Group Identity in Decision Making; The Issue of Extrapolation; The Issue of Futility in Decision Making; Costs and Risks; Discussion; Appendix on Methodology; Subject Index
N2  - Decisions regarding the risks involved in medical treatments must belong to patients and their physicians - after all, it is the patient's health and life which is at stake. But patients will not be equipped for this decision-making process if they cannot be given some idea as to the risks and benefits of treatment. Such risks are generally estimated by a consensus panel of specialist physicians using supporting medical literature. Unfortunately, this literature does not always provide a good estimate of risk, particularly in the case of rare occurrences. This book demonstrates statistical tec
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