Optimal treatment regimes: Tracing truly optimal regimes, drawing valid conclusions, and application to ADHD and depression KU Leuven
For many health problems, multiple treatment alternatives are available. A major challenge then is to identify optimal decision rules or treatment regimes that specify the preferable treatment alternative for each individual client, based on that client’s pattern of pretreatment characteristics. An optimal decision rule is one leading to the best possible result when applied to the whole target population of clients under study. While ...