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Medical decision making in patients with chronic diseases

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dc.contributorMurali, Karthik
dc.contributorParton, Jason M.
dc.contributorEnglish, Thomas M.
dc.contributor.advisorMelouk, Sharif H.
dc.contributor.advisorMittenthal, John
dc.contributor.authorMirghorbani, Seyedeh Saeideh
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-14T18:11:34Z
dc.date.available2018-12-14T18:11:34Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractInefficient resource allocation and planning, expensive treatment costs, and low patient adherence to medication plans lead to undesired health outcomes in patients with chronic diseases. Operation research and stochastic decision process models have provided significant opportunities to assist physicians and healthcare providers with these complexities. Using advanced stochastic decision-making processes, this dissertation contributes to the field of medical decision making in patients with chronic diseases. We use Markov decision process and partially Markov decision process models to address our research questions. The first contribution investigates the impact of patient adherence on health outcomes and medication plans in patients with Type 2 diabetes. The second contribution, that is an extension of the first contribution, investigates the financial effects of nonadherence to medication plans in patients with Type 2 diabetes. The experimental results of these two studies reveal the importance of higher adherence to the medication in achieving desired health outcomes and expenses. Finally, the third contribution focuses on patients with a risk of Alzheimer’s disease and aims to provide observation-based screening plans that consider patient risk factors.en_US
dc.format.extent103 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0003031
dc.identifier.otherMirghorbani_alatus_0004D_13578
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/5163
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectHealth care management
dc.titleMedical decision making in patients with chronic diseasesen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science
etdms.degree.disciplineOperations Management
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.

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