2024
Net Monetary Benefit Lines Augmented with Value-of-Information Measures to Present the Results of Economic Evaluations under Uncertainty
Yaesoubi R, Kunst N. Net Monetary Benefit Lines Augmented with Value-of-Information Measures to Present the Results of Economic Evaluations under Uncertainty. Medical Decision Making 2024, 44: 770-786. PMID: 39056310, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x241262343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResults of cost-effectiveness analysesNet monetary benefitCost-effectiveness planeCost-effectiveness analysisMonetary benefitsDecision uncertaintyDecision problemEffect estimatesHypothetical decision problemResults of economic evaluationsValue-of-informationDecision makersCost-effectiveness ratioEconomic evaluation studiesCorrelated costsHigh varianceLevel of uncertaintyParameter uncertaintiesEconomic evaluationMagnitude of parametersMakersDecisionUncertaintyCostMonetary
2021
Adaptive Policies to Balance Health Benefits and Economic Costs of Physical Distancing Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Yaesoubi R, Havumaki J, Chitwood MH, Menzies NA, Gonsalves G, Salomon JA, Paltiel AD, Cohen T. Adaptive Policies to Balance Health Benefits and Economic Costs of Physical Distancing Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Medical Decision Making 2021, 41: 386-392. PMID: 33504258, PMCID: PMC8084913, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x21990371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdaptive policiesClear decision rulesSocial costsEconomic costsPolicy makersPhysical distancing policiesDecision toolPolicyPhysical distancing interventionsDistancing policiesModel-based experimentsDecision rulesReal-time surveillance dataCostCOVID-19 pandemicMakersShorter overall durationMore complex modelsHealth benefitsComplex modelsPandemicCurrent pandemicCOVID-19BenefitsRules
2018
ADAPTIVE DECISION‐MAKING DURING EPIDEMICS
Yaesoubi R, Cohen T. ADAPTIVE DECISION‐MAKING DURING EPIDEMICS. 2018, 59-79. DOI: 10.1002/9781118960158.ch3.ChaptersIntegrated analytical frameworkPolicy makersEconomic costsTransmission-reducing interventionsAnalytical frameworkSubstantial healthPopulation healthNovel viral strainsDecisionsResource constraintsAvailability of resourcesEmploymentAvailable interventionsMakersInfluenza epidemicsDifficult decisionsViral strainsInfectious diseasesCostEpidemicInterventionDecision pointsEpidemic dataHealth