Operations Research in the Health Services: Part I. Applications of Multivariate Analysis to Medical Decision Processes

摘要

This is one part of a three-document report resulting from a program grant to study the techniques and role of operations research and systems analysis in the development of health services. Part I investigates pattern recognition techniques including discriminant analysis, canonical analysis, regression and Bayesian techniques. It examines the ability of each to improve sensitivity and specificity of diagnosis and screening and evaluation of therapeutic procedures.