Choosing an epidemiological model structure for the economic evaluation of non-communicable disease public health interventions

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Briggs, Adam D M ^a   Wolstenholme, Jane ^a   Blakely, Tony ^b   Scarborough, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Economics; Modeling; Non communicable disease; Public health

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; HETEROGENEITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; VALUATION; WELFARE REFORM;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE TABLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CARE;

EID: 84965082295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-016-0085-1     Document Type: Review

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