Complexity in Mathematical Models of Public Health Policies: A Guide for Consumers of Models

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Basu, Sanjay ^a,b,c   Andrews, Jason ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VALIDATION PROCESS; WART VIRUS;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84886615098     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001540     Document Type: Article

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