Priority shifting and the dynamics of managing eradicable infectious diseases

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 650-663

  Tebbens, Radboud J Duintjer ^a,b   Thompson, Kimberly M ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Kid Risk Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Disease eradication; Health economics; Infectious diseases; Perception delay; Stochastic model; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; PERCEPTION DELAY; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; DISEASES; HEALTH; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SYSTEM THEORY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650308759     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0965     Document Type: Article

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