Decision support for malaria-control programmes - A system dynamics model

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-191

  Flessa, Steffen ^a  

^a Evang University of Applied Sciences'   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiological model; Health care policy and management; Malaria; Strategic decision support; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 0033155943     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019044013467     Document Type: Article

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