conclusions adding low dose of ribavirin to peg ifn alfa-2a for treatment of chronic hepatitis c patients with genotype-1 was “highly cost effective” and in patients with low viral load and in previous monotherapy resistant patients was “cost effective.” results the incremental cost effectiveness ratio (icer) for combination therapy in genotype-1 and genotypes non-1 subgroups was 2,673 and 19,2...

introduction: to date, many prognostic models have been proposed to predict the outcome of patients with traumatic brain injuries. external validation of these models in different populations is of great importance for their generalization. the present study was designed, aiming to determine the value of crash prognostic model in prediction of 14-day mortality (14-dm) and 6-month unfavorable ou...

Currently, there are a variety of tools which exist to support decision making. Their existence highlights the desire to fully evaluate options and base choices on sound judgement. However, the choice of which of these tools to use is rarely based on any such evidence. Further, literature on individual psychological biases and group decision making suggest a number of reasons why decision maker...

This article demonstrates the feasibility of a new computer technology, decision support systems (DSSs), to assist counselors with their clients in choosing a college major:

General Electric’s Research Center has been using soft computing (SC) and related techniques to create decision support systems (DSS) since the early 1980’s. After fielding and maintaining multiple applications we have found many benefits from using soft computing to create knowledge based decision support applications. This chapter will describe the benefits of using SC for creating a DSS and ...

The Institute of Medicine has identified both computerized physician order entry and electronic prescription as keys to reducing medication errors and improving safety. Many computerized clinical decision support systems can enhance practitioner performance. However, the development of such systems involves a long cycle time that makes it difficult to apply them on a wider scale. This paper pre...