A continuous-risk decision analysis of total hip replacement

A continuous-risk decision analysis of total hip replacement

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Article ID: iaor1997604
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 47
Issue: 6
Start Page Number: 776
End Page Number: 793
Publication Date: Jun 1996
Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society
Authors: , ,
Keywords: decision theory, risk
Abstract:

Stochastic trees are stochastic processes, such as continuous-time Markov chains, which may be represented using tree diagrams. Continuous-risk utility assessment is a methodology that differs from standard assessment protocols by offering choices between alternatives which are not ‘sure’ things, thus enabling more realistic and familiar assessment scenarios to be posed. This paper develops, using information from the medical literature, stochastic tree models of the total hip replacement decision alternatives facing a pateint with advanced osteoarthritis of the hip. It describes a decision analytic approach to the problem which uses continuous-risk utility assessment, and presents empirical assessment results. It explores the sensitivity of the subjects’ treatment recommendations to changes in model parameters and elicited preference values, offering insights into the variety of patient risk attitudes and preferences about functional well-being and the robustness of the total hip replacement decision to them.

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