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Economic incentives and mathematical models of disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2007

EILI KLEIN ,
RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN ,
DAVID L. SMITH  and
CHRISTOPHER A. GILLIGAN
EILI KLEIN
Affiliation:
Resources for the Future, Washington DC.
RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN
Affiliation:
Resources for the Future, 1616 P St NW, Washington DC 20036. Email: ramanan@rff.org
DAVID L. SMITH
Affiliation:
Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD.
CHRISTOPHER A. GILLIGAN
Affiliation:
Modeling and Epidemiology Group, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA.
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Abstract

The fields of epidemiological disease modeling and economics have tended to work independently of each other despite their common reliance on the language of mathematics and exploration of similar questions related to human behavior and infectious disease. This paper explores the benefits of incorporating simple economic principles of individual behavior and resource optimization into epidemiological models, reviews related research, and indicates how future cross-discipline collaborations can generate more accurate models of disease and its control to guide policy makers.

Type
Research Article
Information
Environment and Development Economics , Volume 12 , Issue 5: SPECIAL ISSUE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES , October 2007 , pp. 707 - 732
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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