Applications of system dynamics modelling to support health policy

Public Health Research and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Atkinson, Jo An M ^a,b,c   Wells, Robert ^b   Page, Andrew ^d   Dominello, Amanda ^b   Haines, Mary ^b,c   Wilson, Andrew ^a,b,e  

^a The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre   (Australia)

^b SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; EMBASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MODEL; SCIENCEDIRECT; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; AUSTRALIA; MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84993661878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22042091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17061/phrp2531531     Document Type: Article

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