Microsimulation Modeling of Coronary Heart Disease

We use microsimulation to forecast changes in coronary heart disease (CHD) among adults 45 or above over a 20-year time horizon in Los Angeles County (N = 3.4 million), a county with 12 635 CHD deaths in 2010. We simulate individuals’ life course and calibrate CHD trends to observed trends in the pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peggy Vadillo Orenstein MA, Lu Shi PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-09-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958016666009