Reducing social inequalities in health: The role of simulation modelling in chronic disease epidemiology to evaluate the impact of population health interventions

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 384-389

  Smith, Brendan T ^a,b   Smith, Peter M ^a,b,c   Harper, Sam ^d   Manuel, Douglas G ^a,e,f,g,h   Mustard, Cameron A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; SIMULATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHODS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHODS; MODELLING; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897615580     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202756     Document Type: Article

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