Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making

BackgroundShared decision making (SDM) is a cornerstone of patient-centered care; however, little information is available on how SDM is practiced in routine care. We aimed to assess the level of SDM perceived by patients with chronic condi…

BackgroundDespite many women learning about endometriosis on social media, posts about the condition often fail to reflect current evidence. With the content and credibility of online health messages being found to influence behavioral inte…

BackgroundMulti-indication cancer drugs receive licensing extensions to include additional indications, as trial evidence on treatment effectiveness accumulates. We investigate how sharing information across indications can strengthen the i…

BackgroundStudies report higher diagnostic accuracy using the collective intelligence (CI) of multiple clinicians compared with individual clinicians. However, the diagnostic process is iterative, and unexplored is the value of CI in improv…

BackgroundExpert elicitation (EE) has been used across disciplines to estimate input parameters for computational modeling research when information is sparse or conflictual.ObjectivesWe conducted a systematic review to compare EE methods u…

BackgroundGeneric preference-based measures (GPBMs) such as the EQ-5D are valid across many conditions, but in some cases, "bolting on" additional dimensions may improve validity. The selection of "bolt-ons" has been based on the psychometr…