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Optimal Control of Methadone Treatment in Preventing Blood-Borne Disease

Author : Julia Almeder

Published in: Operations Research Proceedings 2002

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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In this paper an optimal control model describing the influence of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) on the spread of blood-borne diseases like Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among injection drug users is analyzed. The aim of the model is to find the optimal policy to minimize the discounted stream of the overall costs arising from MMT and the social costs caused by new infections from HIV and HCV.

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Title
Optimal Control of Methadone Treatment in Preventing Blood-Borne Disease
Author
Julia Almeder
Copyright Year
2003
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Operations Research Proceedings 2002

Print ISBN: 978-3-540-00387-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-55537-4

Copyright Year: 2003

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55537-4_6