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Decision analysis and polio immunization policy

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  • Hinman, A.R.
  • Koplan, J.P.
  • Orenstein, W.A.
  • Brink, E.W.

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Dr. Salk's comments on our paper fall into four major categories: our use of the techniques of decision analysis, the assumptions we used, the fact that we did not include individual and social values in the model, and the way in which vaccine policies are developed in the United States. We believe that the methods were used correctly, that assumptions we used are defensible, and that our conclusions were both appropriate and appropriately worded. We explicitly did not include individual and social values since we were addressing the scientific and epidemiologic issues rather than ethical and moral issues. Vaccine policy development in the United States is carried out in public forums with opportunity for presentation of all sides of an issue.

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  • Hinman, A.R. & Koplan, J.P. & Orenstein, W.A. & Brink, E.W., 1988. "Decision analysis and polio immunization policy," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 78(3), pages 301-303.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1988:78:3:301-303_0
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    1. Frank A. Sonnenberg & Mark H. Eckman, 1991. "Health Outcomes Research and Its Interfaces with Medical Decision Making," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 11(4_suppl), pages 15-31, December.
    2. Frank McVeigh & Roland Dedekind, 1995. "Social indicators of racial parity," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 35(2), pages 155-177, June.
    3. Raisa B. Deber & Vivek Goel, 1990. "Using Explicit Decision Rules to Manage Issues of Justice, Risk, and Ethics in Decision Analysis," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 10(3), pages 181-194, August.

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