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Objective: This study developed and validated a claims-based algorithm for identifying patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and investigated the characteristics of patients associated with a correct identification. Methods: Using a classification tree procedure, a claims-based algorithm...
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Background: Asthma is a chronic disease, the two main components of which are inflammation and bronchoconstriction. Fluticasone propionate (FP) and salmeterol, a strategy that treats both main components of asthma, has been recently compared with FP plus montelukast in a randomised clinical...
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Book Reviews --Patil, Ganapati P., and Sharadchandra W. Joshi, A Dictionary and Bibliography of Discrete Distributions. New York: Hafner Publishing Co., 1968, 268 pp., $23.95; --Seal, Hilary L., Stochastic Theory of a Risk Business. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1969, 210 pp., $14.95; --White,...
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Book Reviews --Hanssmann, Fred, Operations Research Techniques for Capital Investment. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1968, 269 pp., $11.50; --Calman, Robert F., Linear Programming and Cash Management. CASH ALPHA. Cambridge, Mass.: The M. I. T. Press, 1968, 154 pp., $10; --Terborgh, George,...
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Book Reviews --Goldman, Thomas A. (ed.), Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967, 231 pp., $13.50; --McKean, Roland N., Public Spending. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1968,179 pp., $8.95; --Rothenberg, Jerome, Economic Evaluation of Urban Renewal. Washington, D. C: The...
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Book Reviews --Pun, Lucas, Introduction to Optimization Practice. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1969, 309 pp., $14.95; --Zangwill, Willard I., Nonlinear Programming: A Unified Approach. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1969, 356 pp., $12.50; --Smith, J. Maynard, Mathematical Ideas...
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Book Reviews --Simon, Herbert A., The Sciences of the Artificial. Cambridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. Press, 1969, 123 pp; --Churchman, C. West, The Systems Approach. New York: Delacorte Press, 1968, 243 pp., $7.50; --Schlaifer, Robert, Analysis of Decisions Under Uncertainty. New York: McGraw-Hill Book...
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