Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool: Phase II: Prototype of a Decision-Support System - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Board On Global Health; Board On Population Health And Public Health Practice; Committee On Identifying And Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines For Development, Phase II

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309266386 ISBN 13: 9780309266383

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2013

Synopsis

SMART Vaccines--Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines--is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help inform choices among candidates for new vaccine development. A blueprint for this computer-based guide was presented in the 2012 report Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Framework: Phase I. Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool,Phase II extends the proof-of-concept presented in the Phase I report, which was based on multi-attribute utility theory. This report refines a beta version of the model developed in the Phase I report and presents its next iteration, SMART Vaccines 1.0. Ranking Vaccines: Phase II discusses the methods underlying the development, validation, and evaluation of SMART Vaccines 1.0. It also discusses how SMART Vaccines should--and, just as importantly, should not--be used. The report also offers ideas for future enhancements for SMART Vaccines as well as for ideas for expanded uses and considerations and possibilities for the future.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0309266386
• ISBN 13: 9780309266383
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: King Lonnie, Martinez Rose Marie, Rappuoli Rino, Fryback Dennis, Phelps Charles, Sangha Kinpritma, Madhavan Guruprasad