M G Hunink

Summary

Affiliation: Erasmus University
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Presidential reflections on the 25th anniversary of the society for medical decision making
    Arthur S Elstein
    Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
    Med Decis Making 24:408-20. 2004
  2. ncbi In search of tools to aid logical thinking and communicating about medical decision making
    M G Hunink
    Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Med Decis Making 21:267-77. 2001
  3. ncbi Uncertainty in decision models analyzing cost-effectiveness: the joint distribution of incremental costs and effectiveness evaluated with a nonparametric bootstrap method
    M G Hunink
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    Med Decis Making 18:337-46. 1998
  4. ncbi Noninvasive imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: focusing the development of new diagnostic technology
    M G Hunink
    Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Ann Intern Med 131:673-80. 1999
  5. ncbi Study design for concurrent development, assessment, and implementation of new diagnostic imaging technology
    M G Myriam Hunink
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 50, Room EE2140, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 222:604-14. 2002
  6. ncbi The relationship between descriptive and valuational quality-of-life measures in patients with intermittent claudication
    J L Bosch
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    Med Decis Making 16:217-25. 1996
  7. ncbi Fitting multistate transition models with autoregressive logistic regression: supervised exercise in intermittent claudication
    S O de Vries
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    Med Decis Making 18:52-60. 1998
  8. ncbi Balloon dilation and stent implantation for treatment of femoropopliteal arterial disease: meta-analysis
    G S Muradin
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology and the Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 50, Rm EE21-40a, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 221:137-45. 2001
  9. ncbi Duplex scan surveillance during the first year after infrainguinal autologous vein bypass grafting surgery: costs and clinical outcomes compared with other surveillance programs
    K Visser
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    J Vasc Surg 33:123-30. 2001
  10. ncbi Imaging of carotid arteries in symptomatic patients: cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies
    Erik Buskens
    Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care and Dept of Radiology, Univ Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Rm D01 335, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Radiology 233:101-12. 2004

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Publications41

  1. ncbi Presidential reflections on the 25th anniversary of the society for medical decision making
    Arthur S Elstein
    Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
    Med Decis Making 24:408-20. 2004
  2. ncbi In search of tools to aid logical thinking and communicating about medical decision making
    M G Hunink
    Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Med Decis Making 21:267-77. 2001
    ..Techniques from fields other than decision analysis can potentially expand the repertoire of tools available to support medical decision making and to facilitate communication in decision consults...
  3. ncbi Uncertainty in decision models analyzing cost-effectiveness: the joint distribution of incremental costs and effectiveness evaluated with a nonparametric bootstrap method
    M G Hunink
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    Med Decis Making 18:337-46. 1998
    ..To illustrate the use of a nonparametric bootstrap method in the evaluation of uncertainty in decision models analyzing cost-effectiveness...
  4. ncbi Noninvasive imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: focusing the development of new diagnostic technology
    M G Hunink
    Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Ann Intern Med 131:673-80. 1999
    ..New tests, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electron-beam computed tomography (CT), are being developed for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease...
  5. ncbi Study design for concurrent development, assessment, and implementation of new diagnostic imaging technology
    M G Myriam Hunink
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 50, Room EE2140, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 222:604-14. 2002
    ..The key feature of the proposed study design is analysis of trends in outcome measures over time...
  6. ncbi The relationship between descriptive and valuational quality-of-life measures in patients with intermittent claudication
    J L Bosch
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    Med Decis Making 16:217-25. 1996
    ..These results suggest that answers to descriptive health-status questions cannot reliably predict standard-gamble utilities or time-tradeoff values...
  7. ncbi Fitting multistate transition models with autoregressive logistic regression: supervised exercise in intermittent claudication
    S O de Vries
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    Med Decis Making 18:52-60. 1998
    ..Of the alternatives examined, a Markov model including two preceding responses, time, age, ankle brachial index, and duration of disease best described the data...
  8. ncbi Balloon dilation and stent implantation for treatment of femoropopliteal arterial disease: meta-analysis
    G S Muradin
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology and the Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 50, Rm EE21-40a, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 221:137-45. 2001
    ..For more severe femoropopliteal disease, the results of stent implantation seem more favorable. Publication bias could not be ruled out...
  9. ncbi Duplex scan surveillance during the first year after infrainguinal autologous vein bypass grafting surgery: costs and clinical outcomes compared with other surveillance programs
    K Visser
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    J Vasc Surg 33:123-30. 2001
    ..In patients treated for intermittent claudication, the evidence supporting duplex scan surveillance is less firm, but if duplex scan can avoid six major amputations per 1000 patients examined, the incremental costs are justified...
  10. ncbi Imaging of carotid arteries in symptomatic patients: cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies
    Erik Buskens
    Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care and Dept of Radiology, Univ Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Rm D01 335, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Radiology 233:101-12. 2004
    ..To assess the cost-effectiveness of noninvasive imaging strategies in patients who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke and are suspected of having significant carotid artery stenosis...
  11. ncbi Cost-effectiveness targets for multi-detector row CT angiography in the work-up of patients with intermittent claudication
    Karen Visser
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 50, Rm Ee21 40B, 3015GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 227:647-56. 2003
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  12. ncbi Duplex ultrasound and magnetic resonance angiography compared with digital subtraction angiography in carotid artery stenosis: a systematic review
    Paul J Nederkoorn
    Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Stroke 34:1324-32. 2003
    ..For detecting occlusion, both DUS and MRA are very accurate...
  13. ncbi Decision making in the face of uncertainty and resource constraints: examples from trauma imaging
    M G Myriam Hunink
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology and Departments of Radiology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 235:375-83. 2005
    ..Exploring the uncertainty in the evidence and assessing the value of obtaining more information can help prioritize future research and guide study design...
  14. ncbi Pretreatment imaging workup for patients with intermittent claudication: a cost-effectiveness analysis
    Karen Visser
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology Program, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    J Vasc Interv Radiol 14:53-62. 2003
    ..To determine the optimal imaging strategy in pretreatment workup of patients with intermittent claudication with use of noninvasive imaging modalities and intraarterial digital subtraction angiography (DSA)...
  15. ncbi Living renal donors: optimizing the imaging strategy--decision- and cost-effectiveness analysis
    Ylian S Liem
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology (ART Program) and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 226:53-62. 2003
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  16. ncbi Renal artery stenosis: cost-effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment
    Debby van Helvoort-Postulart
    Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, University Hospital Maastricht, P Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Radiology 244:505-13. 2007
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  17. ncbi Contrast-enhanced MR angiography and digital subtraction angiography in living renal donors: diagnostic agreement, impact on decision making, and costs
    Marc C J M Kock
    Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 185:448-56. 2005
    ..If contrast-enhanced MR angiography does not provide sufficient information to make a confident decision, an additional digital subtraction angiography examination should be performed...
  18. ncbi Intermittent claudication: cost-effectiveness of revascularization versus exercise therapy
    Sybolt O de Vries
    Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    Radiology 222:25-36. 2002
    ..Angioplasty performed whenever feasible was more effective than was exercise alone, and the cost-effectiveness ratio was within the generally accepted range...
  19. ncbi Vessel wall calcifications at multi-detector row CT angiography in patients with peripheral arterial disease: effect on clinical utility and clinical predictors
    Rody Ouwendijk
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology and the Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 50, Room Ee 21-40a, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 241:603-8. 2006
    ..Diabetes mellitus, cardiac disease, and elderly age (older than 84 years) are independently predictive for the presence of vessel wall calcifications...
  20. ncbi Impact of claudication and its treatment on quality of life
    Sandra Spronk
    Vascular Laboratory, Ikazia Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA
    Semin Vasc Surg 20:3-9. 2007
    ..This data demonstrates that patients suffering from symptoms of intermittent claudication are best served by therapies that address their major self-reported impediments to quality of life...
  21. ncbi Limitations of acceptability curves for presenting uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis
    Bas Groot Koerkamp
    Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Med Decis Making 27:101-11. 2007
    ..Presenting the value of information in addition to these intervals allows policy makers to evaluate the need for more empirical research...
  22. ncbi Cost effectiveness of using computed tomography (CT) for minor head injury compared with several other management strategies
    Marion Smits
    J Trauma 62:1314-5; author reply 1315. 2007
  23. ncbi Peripheral arterial disease: clinical and cost comparisons between duplex US and contrast-enhanced MR angiography--a multicenter randomized trial
    Marianne de Vries
    Department of Radiology, Maastricht University MC, P Debyeplein 25, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Radiology 240:401-10. 2006
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  24. ncbi Lower extremity arterial disease: multidetector CT angiography meta-analysis
    Majanka H Heijenbrok-Kal
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 50, Room H Ee 2140b, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 245:433-9. 2007
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  25. ncbi Value of information analysis used to determine the necessity of additional research: MR imaging in acute knee trauma as an example
    Bas Groot Koerkamp
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein 40, Room Ee 21 40a, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 246:420-5. 2008
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  26. ncbi Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of a dynamic economic evaluation model for vaccination programs
    Radboud J Duintjer Tebbens
    Delft University of Technology, Department of Mathematics, Delft, The Netherlands
    Med Decis Making 28:182-200. 2008
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  27. ncbi Multicenter randomized controlled trial of the costs and effects of noninvasive diagnostic imaging in patients with peripheral arterial disease: the DIPAD trial
    Rody Ouwendijk
    Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 190:1349-57. 2008
    ..The purpose of our study was to compare the costs and effects of three noninvasive imaging tests as the initial imaging test in the diagnostic workup of patients with peripheral arterial disease...
  28. ncbi Complex vascular anatomy in live kidney donation: imaging and consequences for clinical outcome
    Niels F M Kok
    Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Transplantation 85:1760-5. 2008
    ..We evaluated the outcome of vascular imaging and the clinical consequences of multiple arteries and veins...
  29. ncbi DSA versus multi-detector row CT angiography in peripheral arterial disease: randomized controlled trial
    Marc C J M Kock
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Erasmus Medical Center, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 237:727-37. 2005
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  30. ncbi Diagnostic performance of duplex ultrasound in patients suspected of carotid artery disease: the ipsilateral versus contralateral artery
    Majanka H Heijenbrok-Kal
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Stroke 36:2105-9. 2005
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  31. ncbi Acute peripheral joint injury: cost and effectiveness of low-field-strength MR imaging--results of randomized controlled trial
    Jeroen J Nikken
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 236:958-67. 2005
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  32. ncbi Cost effectiveness of aspirin, clopidogrel, or both for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease
    Jean Michel Gaspoz
    Clinique de Médecine II and the Division of Cardiology, Hopitaux Universitaires, Geneva, Switzerland
    N Engl J Med 346:1800-6. 2002
    ..We estimated the cost effectiveness of the increased use of aspirin, clopidogrel, or both for secondary prevention in patients with coronary heart disease...
  33. ncbi Preoperative diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis: accuracy of noninvasive testing
    Paul J Nederkoorn
    Julius Center for Patient Oriented Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
    Stroke 33:2003-8. 2002
    ..1% to 87.3%) for identifying severe stenosis. CONCLUSIONS: MRA showed a slightly better accuracy than DUS in the diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis. To achieve the best accuracy, however, both tests should be performed subsequently...
  34. ncbi MR imaging: a "one-stop shop" modality for preoperative evaluation of potential living kidney donors
    Shahid M Hussain
    Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiographics 23:505-20. 2003
    ..The findings of MR imaging are comparable with those of other imaging modalities...
  35. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of hepatic metastasectomy in patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma: a state-transition Monte Carlo decision analysis
    G Scott Gazelle
    Institute for Technology Assessment, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Zero Emerson Place, Suite 2H, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Ann Surg 237:544-55. 2003
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  36. ncbi CT screening: a trade-off of risks, benefits, and costs
    M G Myriam Hunink
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Eramus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    J Clin Invest 111:1612-9. 2003
  37. ncbi Peripheral arterial disease: sensitivity-encoded multiposition MR angiography compared with intraarterial angiography and conventional multiposition MR angiography
    Roland Bezooijen
    Department of Radiology, St Catharina Hospital, Michelangelolaan 2, 5623 EJ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    Radiology 231:263-71. 2004
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  38. ncbi Accuracy of computed tomographic angiography and magnetic resonance angiography for diagnosing renal artery stenosis
    G Boudewijn C Vasbinder
    Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht CARIM, Department of Radiology, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Ann Intern Med 141:674-82; discussion 682. 2004
    ..Timely, accurate detection of renal artery stenosis is important because this disorder may be a potentially curable cause of hypertension and renal impairment...
  39. ncbi Intermittent claudication: functional capacity and quality of life after exercise training or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty--systematic review
    Sandra Spronk
    Vascular Laboratory and Department of Surgery, Ikazia Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 235:833-42. 2005
    ..The ankle-brachial index significantly differed between the two treatment groups at 3 and 6 months, whereas the quality-of-life scores did not...
  40. ncbi Imaging peripheral arterial disease: a randomized controlled trial comparing contrast-enhanced MR angiography and multi-detector row CT angiography
    Rody Ouwendijk
    Program for the Assessment of Radiological Technology, Departments of Radiology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Vascular Surgery, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Radiology 236:1094-103. 2005
    ..Therapeutic costs were higher in the MR group, but the difference was not significant. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that CT angiography has some advantages over MR angiography in the initial evaluation of peripheral arterial disease...
  41. ncbi Presidential address: proactive decision making
    M G Myriam Hunink
    Med Decis Making 22:182-6. 2002