However, there are no data to verify that the two infections were acquired via the same sexual contact or to inform parameters relating to co-transmission.
20 Our results can be used to inform parameters for studies of the cost-effectiveness of interventions that reduce risks of hospital-acquired infection.
We used data from World Health Organization (WHO) notifications and other published literature to inform parameters in our model (Table 1) [ 17, 18].
The models use common national data to inform parameters for the multiple US birth cohorts of Black and White women, including age- and race-specific incidence, competing mortality, mammography characteristics, and treatment effectiveness.
However, the results of decision models are highly dependent on the range of comparators used, the decisions and assumptions regarding model structure as well as the evidence to inform parameters.
A discussion of data to inform parameters for all possible permutations in model structure is beyond the scope of this review, however, data sources and methodologic issues discussed for the particular model structure illustrated in the present study will in large part have applicability to other models as well.
To allow modelling of the short-term test treatment events as well as their long-term consequences, a hybrid decision model will be used consisting of a decision tree (in MicroSoft Excel 2007) to model the short-term costs and benefits which will inform parameters in an established, long-term diabetes model.
These perturbations in treatment regimen, both in terms of dose level and continuity provided robust information about the system that was critical to inform parameter estimation.
The first phase of WUDAPT has established a protocol using the Local Climate Zones classification system to partition the urban landscape of cities into neighbourhood types that can inform parameter selection in model applications.
In such situations, the adaptive approach still provides the opportunity for data to inform parameter values if it becomes available, while basing interventions on current parameter estimates as determined by their prior distributions.
