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Cost-benefit model system of chronic diseases in Australia to assess and rank prevention and treatment options

  1. Agnes E Walker  Is a corresponding author
  2. Stephen Colagiuri  Is a corresponding author
  1. Australian National University, Australia
  2. University of Sydney, Australia
Research article
Volume 4(3) Winter 2011
Cite this article as: A. E Walker, S. Colagiuri; 2011; Cost-benefit model system of chronic diseases in Australia to assess and rank prevention and treatment options; International Journal of Microsimulation; 4(3); 57-70. doi: 10.34196/ijm.00061
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Chronic disease model-system.
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Umbrella model’s projection module.

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Table 1
Coefficients of the Anderson CHD and stroke equation.
Explanatory variables CHD CHD deaths Stroke CVD deaths
θ0 0.9145 2.9851 −0.4312 0.8207
θ1 −0.2784 −0.9142 − −0.4346
β0 15.5305 11.2889 26.5116 −5.0385
female 28.4441 0.2332 0.2019 0.2243
log(age) −1.4792 −0.9440 −2.3741 8.2370
(log(age))2 − − − −1.2109
log(age)* female −14.4588 − − −
(log(age))2 * female 1.8515 − − −
log (SBP) −0.9119 −0.5880 −2.4643 −0.8383
cigarettes (Y/N) −0.2767 −0.1367 −0.3914 −0.1618
log (total-C/HDL_C) −0.7181 −0.3448 −0.0229 −0.3493
diabetes −0.1759 −0.0474 −0.3087 −0.0833
diabetes * female −0.1999 −0.2233 −0.2627 −0.2067
ECG-LVH −0.5865 −0.1237 −0.2355 −0.2946

  1. Source: Anderson et al. (1991).

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