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994. Insufficient Addressing of Patient Needs with Multiple Chronic Conditions in countries with large or growing populations: Implications for Clinical Practice Guidelines
Invited abstract in session MD-17: Medical decision making, stream OR in Health Services (ORAHS).
Monday, 14:30-16:00Room: 40 (building: 116)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Ali Hajjar
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| 2. | Oguzhan Alagoz
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| Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Abstract
Existing clinical practice guidelines tend to overlook the unique requirements of patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) by primarily focusing on the management of individual diseases. This inadequately personalized approach leads to adverse events and places a financial strain on the healthcare system, particularly in countries with large or growing populations. To address this issue, our study utilizes a stochastic modeling approach to optimize disease screening decisions while considering financial and resource limitations from a broader societal perspective. Our findings indicate that women with pre-diabetes should undergo less frequent screening compared to those without diabetes. Moreover, our numerical results demonstrate the robustness of the optimal breast cancer screening policy in the face of relative changes in mammography screening costs.
Keywords
- Health Care
- Programming, Dynamic
- Medical Applications
Status: accepted
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