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Discrete Event Simulation for Health Technology Assessment
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Discrete Event Simulation for Health Technology Assessment

by J. Jaime Caro, Jörgen Möller, Jonathan Karnon, James Stahl, Jack Ishak
October 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
374 pages
13h 23m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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Analyses
An analysis using a discrete event simulation (DES) involves several steps.
First, all the input values are read in and stored in their appropriate loca-
tions (e.g., global variables). Next, the entities are created and they are
introduced into the simulation where they experience the events specied
in the model logic, accruing consequences such as costs, survival time, and
quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). This happens either for the specied
time horizon or for a xed number of individuals (i.e., until the last entity
dies or otherwise leaves the model). The outcomes of interest are recorded
and all the results required to ...
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ISBN: 9781482218251