title: Decision analysis models: opening the black box.
authors.affiliation: Section of General Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Birkmeyer
authors.forename: Jean Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D003663:Decision Trees; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D008390:Markov Chains; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*