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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Treatment Rules"”.
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Classification-based method for estimating dynamic treatment regimes
Dynamic treatment regimes are sequential decision rules dictating how to individualize treatments to patients based on evolving treatments and covariate history. In this thesis, we investigate two methods of estimating dynamic treatment regimes. The first method extends outcome weighted learning …
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A Non-Parametric Framework for Value-Based Individualized Treatment Rule Estimation
… of precision medicine is to match patient and treatment such that optimal outcomes for the patient are achieved. Precision medicine represents a departure from the 'one size fits all' paradigm in which a single treatment recommendation is made for all patients presenting with a given disease or …
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Dynamic treatment regimens for congestive heart failure
… to a particular therapy and guide future treatment decisions, clinicians monitor a number of variables including a patients' vital signs, glomerular filtration rate (GFR, a measure of renal function), and fluctuations in volume status. Nevertheless, these variables are typically …
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Improving the health and wellbeing of people who are not benefiting from long-term opioid substitute treatment
In the UK, opioid substitute treatment (OST) is an important intervention that is used to treat heroin or illicit opioid dependency. Research has shown that OST is highly beneficial for both individuals who are struggling with their heroin use and society. However, there is growing recognition that …