MTEI Student Seminar
Event details
| Date | 07.05.2012 |
| Hour | 11:15 › 12:00 |
| Speaker | Lauren Cipriano, PhD Student, Stanford University |
| Location | |
| Category | Miscellaneous |
"Population Sampling in Dynamic Health Care Policy"
Abstract: The desirability of a health program may decisively depend on population trends. We consider the decision about a medical intervention in a certain cohort in a time-varying population with imperfectly observable dynamics. To reduce uncertainty it is possible to collect costly samples. We determine an optimal sampling policy and apply our results to hepatitis C screening of a population with linear prevalence dynamics.
Abstract: The desirability of a health program may decisively depend on population trends. We consider the decision about a medical intervention in a certain cohort in a time-varying population with imperfectly observable dynamics. To reduce uncertainty it is possible to collect costly samples. We determine an optimal sampling policy and apply our results to hepatitis C screening of a population with linear prevalence dynamics.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- MTEI