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Book Details2010; 218 ppMSC: Primary 00; 97;
This volume is both a broad overview of how modelling works and a practical and usable introduction to the styles of modelling most applicable to healthcare.
An introductory section covers the basics of modelling, explaining how to select, build, and implement a model, along with an overview of data collection and statistical analysis. The heart of the book is a series of self-contained chapters covering different styles of modelling applicable to healthcare, each with an overview, a list of common uses, mathematical details, examples, and related reading. Readers can quickly scan the model overview and common uses sections to determine if a model is applicable to the problem that they are interested in and can study the mathematical details and examples sections if more detail is desired.
Requiring no more than a solid high school level of mathematics, this book is an ideal stepping stone for those new to the subject and a valuable reference guide for those with more experience.ReadershipAnyone interested in mathematics and healthcare.
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Table of Contents
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Part 1. Modelling in healthcare
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Chapter 1. The whys, whats, and whens of modelling in healthcare
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Chapter 2. How to use this book
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Chapter 3. The modelling process
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Part 2. Data collection and statistical models
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Chapter 4. Issues of data
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Chapter 5. The basics
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Chapter 6. Predictions and responses
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Chapter 7. Evaluating detrimental behaviour
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Chapter 8. Adjusting risky behaviour
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Part 3. Model design and interpretation
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Chapter 9. Issues in mathematical modelling
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Chapter 10. Explaining irrational behaviour
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Chapter 11. Modelling optimal behaviour
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Chapter 12. Modelling social interaction
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Chapter 13. The future starts now
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Chapter 14. Viewing the system as a whole
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Chapter 15. Dealing with lines and capacity
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Chapter 16. Finding the "best" intervention
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Appendix. Computer programming packages useful in modelling
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Additional Material
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Reviews
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A highly useful, readable, complete overview of modelling in healthcare that translate[s] complex questions into elegant, clearly stated models with real world applications that optimally balance the competing needs for simplicity and applicability . . . [T]he book . . . is accessible to those with a rudimentary knowledge, albeit strong interest in statistics and mathematics. All formulas are explained in commonly used language and the book consistently serves healthcare policymakers by providing them with a high-level understanding of how, when, and under what circumstances to apply modelling techniques and serves modellers with an appreciation of the non-mathematical realities of the healthcare world in which people do not consistently behave as rational economic beings . . . Beyond its use as a textbook, this book is a very useful reference for all healthcare researchers . . . The book is very current . . . [and] the organization . . . is extremely user-friendly . . . As the quest to understand the dynamics of any healthcare system becomes more intense, this book is a "must-read" for those who are convinced that the usual and customary explanations are no longer sufficient platforms for policy formation.
Judith Bentkover, Brown University -
The book's novel structure made it a fun read, and I enjoyed it from cover to cover.
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This volume is both a broad overview of how modelling works and a practical and usable introduction to the styles of modelling most applicable to healthcare.
An introductory section covers the basics of modelling, explaining how to select, build, and implement a model, along with an overview of data collection and statistical analysis. The heart of the book is a series of self-contained chapters covering different styles of modelling applicable to healthcare, each with an overview, a list of common uses, mathematical details, examples, and related reading. Readers can quickly scan the model overview and common uses sections to determine if a model is applicable to the problem that they are interested in and can study the mathematical details and examples sections if more detail is desired.
Requiring no more than a solid high school level of mathematics, this book is an ideal stepping stone for those new to the subject and a valuable reference guide for those with more experience.
Anyone interested in mathematics and healthcare.
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Part 1. Modelling in healthcare
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Chapter 1. The whys, whats, and whens of modelling in healthcare
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Chapter 2. How to use this book
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Chapter 3. The modelling process
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Part 2. Data collection and statistical models
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Chapter 4. Issues of data
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Chapter 5. The basics
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Chapter 6. Predictions and responses
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Chapter 7. Evaluating detrimental behaviour
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Chapter 8. Adjusting risky behaviour
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Part 3. Model design and interpretation
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Chapter 9. Issues in mathematical modelling
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Chapter 10. Explaining irrational behaviour
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Chapter 11. Modelling optimal behaviour
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Chapter 12. Modelling social interaction
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Chapter 13. The future starts now
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Chapter 14. Viewing the system as a whole
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Chapter 15. Dealing with lines and capacity
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Chapter 16. Finding the "best" intervention
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Appendix. Computer programming packages useful in modelling
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A highly useful, readable, complete overview of modelling in healthcare that translate[s] complex questions into elegant, clearly stated models with real world applications that optimally balance the competing needs for simplicity and applicability . . . [T]he book . . . is accessible to those with a rudimentary knowledge, albeit strong interest in statistics and mathematics. All formulas are explained in commonly used language and the book consistently serves healthcare policymakers by providing them with a high-level understanding of how, when, and under what circumstances to apply modelling techniques and serves modellers with an appreciation of the non-mathematical realities of the healthcare world in which people do not consistently behave as rational economic beings . . . Beyond its use as a textbook, this book is a very useful reference for all healthcare researchers . . . The book is very current . . . [and] the organization . . . is extremely user-friendly . . . As the quest to understand the dynamics of any healthcare system becomes more intense, this book is a "must-read" for those who are convinced that the usual and customary explanations are no longer sufficient platforms for policy formation.
Judith Bentkover, Brown University -
The book's novel structure made it a fun read, and I enjoyed it from cover to cover.
MAA Reviews
