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Optimal management of adults with pharyngitis – a multi-criteria decision analysis

Sonal Singh* 1 email, James G Dolan* 2 email and Robert M Centor3 email

1Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA.

2Department of Medicine, Unity Health System and the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.

3Department of Medicine, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

author email corresponding author email* Contributed equally

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2006, 6:14doi:10.1186/1472-6947-6-14

Published: 13 March 2006

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Additional File 1:

summarizing the data used for the analysis.

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summarizing the pairwise comparisons made among the expected outcomes of the alternative management strategies in the baseline analysis.

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summarizing data used for the 20% Group A streptococcal prevalence population sensitivity analysis.

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summarizing the pairwise comparisons made among the expected outcomes of the alternative management strategies in the 20% Group A streptococcal prevalence analysis.

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illustrating the results of the one-way sensitivity analyses regarding the relative priorities of avoiding over-use versus under-use of antibiotics.

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