Operations Research and Health Care Policy

Online-Ressource (XIII, 425 p. 74 illus., 21 illus. in color, digital)

International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ; 190

Includes index

Operations Research and Health Care Policy; Preface; Part I Applications of Health Policy Modeling; Part II Operations Management and Health Policy; Part III HIV and Infectious Diseases; Part IV Pharmaceutical Applications; Part V Building Health Policy Models; Part VI Working with Policy-Makers; Summary; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part I: Applications of Health Policy Modeling; Chapter 1: Public Health Modeling at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Adult Immunization Scheduler; 1.3 Mass Vaccination Model During the H1N1 Pandemic

1.4 A National HIV Resource Allocation Model1.5 Conclusions and Policy Implications; References; Chapter 2: OR in Public Health: A Little Help Can Go a Long Way; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Hepatitis B Control; 2.2.1 Hepatitis B in China; 2.2.2 Hepatitis B in the USA; 2.3 HIV Control in Eastern Europe; 2.3.1 HIV Treatment in Russia; 2.3.2 Harm Reduction and HIV Treatment in Ukraine; 2.4 Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response; 2.5 Conclusions and Policy Implications; References; Part II: Health Policy and Operations; Chapter 3: Analytical Long-Term Care Capacity Planning; 3.1 Introduction

3.2 Related Literature3.3 Model Description; 3.4 Methodology; 3.4.1 Discrete Event Simulation; 3.4.2 Simulation Inputs; 3.4.2.1 Arrival Analysis; 3.4.2.2 Los Analysis; 3.4.2.3 Simulation Initialization; 3.4.3 Optimization; 3.4.3.1 Simultaneous Search Algorithm; 3.4.4 Implementation; 3.5 A Case Study; 3.5.1 Background and Data; 3.5.2 Results and Analysis; 3.5.3 Implementation and Recommendations; 3.5.4 Sensitivity Analysis; 3.6 Comparison to the Ratio Approach; 3.7 Comparison to the SIPP Approach and Its Modifications; 3.8 The Average Flow Model; 3.9 Conclusions and Policy Implications

ReferencesChapter 4: Managing Community-based Care for Chronic Diseases: The Quantitative Approach; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Chronic Disease Management Programs and Community-Based Care; 4.2.1 An Overview of Chronic Disease Management; 4.2.2 The Building Blocks of Community-Based Care Systems; 4.2.2.1 Primary Care with Specialist Backup; 4.2.2.2 Community Health Care Teams; 4.2.2.3 Long-Term Community-Based Residential Care; 4.2.2.4 Community-Based Rehabilitation; 4.3 Characteristics of Community-Based Care; 4.4 Community-Based Care for Mental Health; 4.4.1 Background of the Problem

4.4.2 The Methodology4.4.3 Findings and Implications; 4.5 Capacity Allocation in Community-Based Care; 4.5.1 Background of the Problem; 4.5.2 The Methodology; 4.5.3 Findings and Implications; 4.6 Improvement of Care Provider Pathways; 4.6.1 Background of the Problem; 4.6.2 The Methodology; 4.6.3 Case Study; 4.6.4 Findings and Implications; 4.7 Conclusions and Policy Implications; References; Chapter 5: Project Management Approach to Implement Clinical Pathways: An Example for Thyroidectomy; 5.1 Introduction and Problem Addressed; 5.2 Background; 5.2.1 Clinical Pathways

5.2.2 Thyroid Disease Conditions and Treatment

Considerations for Developing Applied Health Policy Models: The Example of HIV Treatment Expansion in Resource-Limited Settings -- Cost-effectiveness Analysis Using Registry and Administrative Data -- Public Health Modeling at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- OR in Public Health: A Little Help Can Go a Long Way -- Review of Operations Research Tools and Techniques Used for Influenza Pandemic Planning -- Analytical Long-Term Care Capacity Planning -- Managing Community-based Care for Chronic Diseases: The Quantitative Approach -- Project Management Approach to Implement Clinical Pathways: An Example for Thyroidectomy -- EMS Planning and Management -- Impact of In-patient Reimbursement Systems on Hospital Performance: The Austrian Case-based Payment Strategy -- Assessing Prevention for Positives: Cost-Utility Assessment of Behavioral Interventions for Reducing HIV Transmission -- Modeling the Impact of New HIV Prevention Techniques in Sub-Saharan Africa -- REACH: A Practical HIV Resource Allocation Tool for Decision Makers -- Active Vaccine and Drug Surveillance Towards a 100 Million Member System -- Application of Operations Research to Funding Decisions for Treatments with Rare Disease -- Modeling Risk Sharing Agreements and Patient Access Schemes -- Evaluating Health Care Policy Decisions: Canadian Blood Services in Atlantic Canada -- Improving the Efficiency of Cost-effective Analysis to Inform Policy Decisions in the Real World: Lessons from the Pharmacoeconomics Research Unit at Cancer Care Ontario.

10.1007/978-1-4614-6507-2 [DOI]

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