Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: Why cure crowds out prevention

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bishai, David ^a   Paina, Ligia ^a   Li, Qingfeng ^a   Peters, David H ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURABLE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PHYSICIAN INCOME; POPULATION MODEL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROPHYLAXIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERAPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LOBBYING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 84903457221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-28     Document Type: Article

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