Using micro-simulation to create a synthesised data set and test policy options: The case of health service effects under demographic ageing

Health Policy

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Davis, Peter ^a   Lay Yee, Roy ^a   Pearson, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Demographic aging; Health policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956171571     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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