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A Canadian peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research
March 2016
Development and implementation of microsimulation models of neurological conditions
by Philippe Finès, Rochelle Garner, Christina Bancej, Julie Bernier and Douglas G. Manuel
Prompted by growing attention to population aging and the potential health burden of neurological conditions (diseases, disorders and injuries to the brain and nervous system), in June 2009, the federal Minister of Health announced the government’s commitment to a four-year study of neurological conditions, the National Population Health Study of Neurological Conditions (NPHSNC). The goal of the NPHSNC, co-led by Neurological Health Charities Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), was to build an understanding of neurological conditions and their impact on Canadians. One of its components is a set of microsimulation models, POHEM-Neurological, that project the health and economic impacts of neurological conditions over a 20-year horizon.
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