Assessing health policy strategies: a model-based approach to decision support

Author

Cramp, Derek G. ; Carson, Ewart R.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Health Sci., City Univ., London, UK

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

22-25 Oct 1995

Firstpage

1969

Abstract

The problems of making strategic decisions in relation to health policy, where there is the need to strive for both acceptability and cost-effectiveness, constitute major challenges be the decisions local, regional or national. In such a context alternative scenarios need to be generated, and then assessed and evaluated, in order that an appropriate decision can be made. In this paper an approach to supporting such decision making is presented which combines systems-based cybernetic modelling for scenario analysis with a Bayesian method for assessment and evaluation

Keywords

Bayes methods; cybernetics; decision support systems; health care; operations research; Bayesian method; acceptability; cost-effectiveness; health policy strategy assessment; model-based approach; scenario analysis; strategic decision making; systems-based cybernetic modelling; Bayesian methods; Business; Cybernetics; Decision making; Demography; Economic forecasting; Environmental economics; Medical services; Resource management; Strategic planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1995. Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2559-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1995.538066

Filename

538066