A systematic review to identify areas of enhancements of pandemic simulation models for operational use at provincial and local levels

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Prieto, Diana M ^a   Das, Tapas K ^b   Savachkin, Alex A ^b   Uribe, Andres ^c   Izurieta, Ricardo ^d   Malavade, Sharad ^d  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859031562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-251     Document Type: Review

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