Improving Decision Support for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Aligning Models and Other Tools with Policymakers' Needs

• Main Author: Manheim, David (auth)
• Other Authors: Chamberlin, Margaret (auth), Osoba, Osonde A. (auth), Vardavas, Raffaele (auth), Moore, Melinda (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2016
• Subjects: Database design & theory; Infectious & contagious diseases; Science: general issues; Technology; Health Sciences; General Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report provides an overview of decision-support tools, including models and nonmodeling approaches, to inform both modelers and policymakers. It offers ways to use these tools to help address real-world policy questions related to infectious disease prevention, detection, control, and response...