On Optimal Screening Ages

DOI10.2307/2290344zbMath0776.62085OpenAlexW4244096087MaRDI QIDQ5288919

Giovanni Parmigiani

Publication date: 20 September 1993

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2290344

zbMATH Keywords

survivalschedulingreliabilitygeneral solutionstopping rulemortalitycomputational algorithmsoptimal schedulemorbiditystatistical designpublic healthone-dimensional optimization problemquality-adjusted life yearsscreening for chronic diseasemedical decision-makingdiscrete-valued stochastic processbreast and cervical cancerschoice of examination agescosts of examinationinspections policylosses due to late detectionrecursive dynamic methods

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35) Medical applications (general) (92C50) Operations research and management science (90B99)

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