Integrating Location Models with Bayesian Analysis to Inform Decision Making

2010 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianhua Xu ◽  
Mitchell Small ◽  
Paul Fischbeck ◽  
Jeanne VanBriesen
2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
B Barr

Abstract The European Health Equity Status Report makes innovative use of microdata, at the level of the individual, to decompose the relative contributions of five essential underlying conditions to inequities in health and well-being. These essential conditions comprise: (1) Health services (2) Income security and social protection (3) Living conditions (4) Social and human capital (5) Employment and working conditions. Combining microdata across over twenty sources, the work of HESRi has also produced disaggregated indicators in health, well-being, and each of the five essential conditions. In conjunction with indicators of policy performance and investment, the HESRi Health Equity Dataset of over 100 indicators is the first of its kind, as a resource for monitoring and analysing inequities across the essential conditions and policies to inform decision making and action to reduce gaps in health and well-being.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyong Ding ◽  
Juefang Cai ◽  
Guangxiang Guo ◽  
Chen Chen

With the rapid development of the urbanization process, rainstorm water-logging events occur more frequently in big cities in China, which causes great impact on urban traffic safety and brings about severe economic losses. Water-logging has become a hot issue of widespread concern in China. As one kind of natural disasters and emergencies, rainstorm water-logging has the uncertainties of occurrence, development, and evolution. Thus, the emergency decision-making in rainstorm water-logging should be carried out in stages according to its development trend, which is very complicated. In this paper, an emergency decision-making method was proposed for urban water-logging with a hybrid use of dynamic network game technology, Bayesian analysis, and multi-attribute utility theory. The dynamic game process between “rainstorm water-logging” and “decision-making group” was established and the dynamic generation of emergency schemes was analyzed based on Bayesian analysis in various stages of water-logging. In terms of decision-making attributes, this paper mainly considered two goals, i.e., ensuring smooth traffic and controlling emergency cost. The multi-attribute utility theory was used to select the final scheme. An example analysis in Guangzhou of China showed that the method is more targeted and can achieve emergency management objectives more effectively when compared with traditional methods. Therefore, it can provide reference for the scientific decision-making of emergency management in urban rainstorm water-logging.


Vaccine ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (46) ◽  
pp. 6164-6172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiong-Fei Pan ◽  
Ulla K. Griffiths ◽  
Mark Pennington ◽  
Hongjie Yu ◽  
Mark Jit

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Quentin Groom ◽  
Diederik Strubbe ◽  
Tim Adriaens ◽  
Amy J. S. Davis ◽  
Peter Desmet ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Margaret Johnson ◽  
Larry Hovey ◽  
Pam Tipton

Along the way, a number of personnel, organizational, and technical problems were encountered, and many were resolved. What did became clear is that using data to inform decision making is an evolving process that can provide a solid basis for continuous program improvements.


Author(s):  
Lucy Handscomb ◽  
Gabrielle H. Saunders ◽  
Derek J. Hoare

Hearing impairment is defined as hearing loss that leads to difficulties in hearing, or deafness, and affects an estimated 360 million people worldwide. Consequences of hearing impairment include difficulties in communication, restricting social participation, and leading to feelings of isolation. Hearing impairment cannot be cured, but its consequences can be reduced with self-management whereby the individual adopts, refines, and maintains health behaviors, supported through the provision and availability of suitable interventions. The barriers to self-management are many and should be explored to inform decision-making between the clinician and the individual with hearing impairment. The clinician can then facilitate self-management that is informed, realistic, and fully reflects the preferences and values of the individual.


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