Quantitative Evaluation of Prevention Strategies in Public Health

Schinaia, Giuseppe and Parisi, Valentino (2014): Quantitative Evaluation of Prevention Strategies in Public Health.

Abstract

Various schemes of prevention measures in public health are developed and analyzed on the basis of a general mathematical model. Features related to cost issues, including primary and secondary prevention interventions, differential survival experiences and communicable diseases are in turn used to show the potentialities of the theoretical framework. A numerical application is presented with reference to Italian cancer data.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Mathematical Modelling; Health Prevention Measures; Cost Analysis
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods ; Programming Models ; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling > C63 - Computational Techniques ; Simulation Modeling; H - Public Economics > H8 - Miscellaneous Issues > H89 - Other; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy ; Regulation ; Public Health

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