Development and Validation of the Evaluation Platform in COPD (EPIC): A Population-Based Outcomes Model of COPD for Canada.

J Mark FitzGeraldShahzad GhanbarianAmin AdibiKate JohnsonJ Mark FitzGeraldWilliam FlanaganStirling BryanDon Sinnull null

Published in: Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2019)

EPIC is the first multipurpose, open-source, outcome- and policy-focused model of COPD for Canada. Platforms of this type have the capacity to be iteratively updated to incorporate the latest evidence and to project the outcomes of many different scenarios within a consistent framework.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
healthcare
public health
climate change
quality improvement
high throughput
type diabetes
air pollution
metabolic syndrome