Gaussian process metamodeling in Bayesian value of information analysis: A case of the complex health economic model for breast cancer screening

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-250

  Rojnik, Klemen ^a   Naveršnik, Klemen ^b  

^a Roche Doo Farmacevtska Dru ba   (Slovenia)

^b Lek dd   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bayesian value of information analysis; Breast cancer screening; Gaussian process; Metamodel; Partial EVPI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

EID: 41549107143     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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