Eliciting and combining subjective judgments about uncertainty.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Frequently, health care decisions must be made before compelling and unequivocal evidence is available about the benefits, risks, and costs of a proposed new health technology. It is common for decision makers to seek the advice and opinions of experts to supplement the available evidence. This article reviews some of the methods used or recommended for eliciting the opinions of experts about uncertain events and for combining these opinions with those of others and with available empirical evidence.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Wolpert, RL
Published Date
- January 1989
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 5 / 4
Start / End Page
- 537 - 557
PubMed ID
- 2699470
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1471-6348
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0266-4623
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1017/s026646230000845x
Language
- eng