Unbiased assessment of disease surveillance utilities: A prospect theory application.

<h4>Objectives</h4>We contribute a new methodological approach to the ongoing efforts towards evaluating public health surveillance. Specifically, we apply a descriptive framework, grounded in prospect theory (PT), for the evaluation of decisions on disease surveillance deployment. We fo...

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Main Authors: Arthur E Attema, Lisheng He, Alasdair J C Cook, Victor J Del Rio Vilas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007364