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

摘要

Making choices among investmentswhether in research, business, medicine, or daily lifetypically involves uncertainties, preferences, and tradeoffs. Decision science and modeling provide means to take account of these numerous elements, their interdependencies and interactions, and allow a decision maker to probe and assess each element without losing sight of the whole. This product of the Institute of Medicine, Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool, utilizes decision science and modeling to help inform choices among candidates for new vaccine development. This computer-based guide, called SMART VaccinesStrategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccinesbuilds on the blueprint presented in 2012 as Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Framework.