Paper Reading Journals #4
Health and economic benefits of public financing of epilepsy treatment in India: An agent-based simulation model
Basic Info
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Title | Health and economic benefits of public financing of epilepsy treatment in India: An agent-based simulation model |
| Journal | Epilepsia |
| Author | Megiddo I, Colson A, Chisholm D, Dua T, Nandi A, Laxminarayan R. |
| Year Published | 2016 |
| Link | https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.13294 |
| Geography of Study | India |
| Area of Study | Epilepsy, Health Economics, Agent-Based Simulation |
Description
(Including data and methods)
Data:
Varies by treatment input parameter variables, refer to Table 1. Three Main Types:
- Past literatures
- Open-Source / Government Dataset
- Authors’ assumption
Model:
- IndiaSim: Agent Based Simulation Model
Main Contribution
(Innovative method or Application)
Innovation Type: Application Innovation This study adopt agent based simulation to study health economics of epilepsy treatment in India.
Data Source
- Understanding Society wave 1 (n=27,293)
- English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) wave 5 (n=8,744)
- Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II (CFAS II; n=5,286)
Favorite Thing
PACSim / dynamic microsimulation is proved to be an effective and valid tool to estimate older adults health status, thus could help to estimate healthcare resources projection. It also provide three longitudinal dataset it used and what characteristics are included. We could learn from these three datasets and what characteristics could be include in our synthetic healthcare system.