Optimal treatment strategies for musculoskeletal diseases

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2013Author
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10.13164/ma.2013.09
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This paper presents a model which aims to find an optimal treatment time
for patients with musculoskeletal diseases. The stochastic dynamic programming model presented is based on minimizing expected costs given a stochastic processes for cure with and without treatment as well as costs for treatment and reduced quality of life as a consequence of the disease.
The main results derived in the paper include explicit conditions for an interior optimal solution and a simple and intuitive approximate solution.
Even though the presented model is specifically aimed at musculoskeletal dis- eases, the model’s generality should make it applicable for a wide range of disease
treatment strategies.
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Mathematics for Applications. 2013, 2, č. 2, s. 113-124. ISSN 1805-3629.http://ma.fme.vutbr.cz/archiv/2_2/ma_2_2_haugen_final.pdf
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