Public health budget constraints force policy makers to prioritize resources toward those interventions that yield the highest perceived benefits. Intuitively, it appears optimal to focus resources on affordable interventions against prevalent diseases. However, due to the dynamics of infectious...

We show how to use the method of maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) to fit a second-order parametric distribution conditioned on a single explanatory variable to data. To illustrate the method, we demonstrate how a second-order log-normal distribution, conditioned on the population served, can...

Appropriate characterization and valuation of the health risks specific to children is important for effective environmental health risk management. This paper highlights the typical information provided by risk analysts about risks to children and the information needs of economic analysts....

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