Disease prioritization: What is the state of the art?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2911-2922

  Brookes, V J ^a,d   Del Rio Vilas, V J ^b   Ward, M P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Pan American Health Organisation   (Brazil)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease prioritization; health policy; infectious disease; MCDA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PRIORITIZATION; FOOD POISONING; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84944029430     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815000801     Document Type: Review

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