A framework for considering the utility of models when facing tough decisions in public health: a guideline for policy-makers

• Main Authors: Jason Thompson (Author), Roderick McClure (Author), Nick Scott (Author), Margaret Hellard (Author), Romesh Abeysuriya (Author), Rajith Vidanaarachchi (Author), John Thwaites (Author), Jeffrey V. Lazarus (Author), John Lavis (Author), Susan Michie (Author), Chris Bullen (Author), Mikhail Prokopenko (Author), Sheryl L. Chang (Author), Oliver M. Cliff (Author), Cameron Zachreson (Author), Antony Blakely (Author), Tim Wilson (Author), Driss Ait Ouakrim (Author), Vijay Sundararajan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the combined disciplines of public health, infectious disease and policy modelling squarely into the spotlight. Never before have decisions regarding public health measures and their impacts been such a topic of international deliberation, from the level of...