Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
SIMULATION
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Davies, R.
Right arrow Articles by Canning, C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Editorial

Discrete Event Simulation to Evaluate Screening for Diabetic Eye Disease

Ruth Davies, PhD

Department of Accounting and Management Science University of Southampton Southampton, United Kingdom, SO17 1BJ

Chris Canning, FRCOphth

Southampton Eye Unit Southampton General Hospital Southampton United Kingdom, SO16 6YD

Discrete event simulation has been used to explore different models of screening for diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes and can cause blindness. The risk of blindness can be significantly reduced by screening and timely laser treatment. The simulation has been written in Pascal, using an extended version of Pascal_SIM, to explore the costs and benefits. The simulation models patients' disease progression and their screening, followed by treatment. The results shown are for patients with insulin- dependent diabetes.

Key Words: Health • discrete-event simulation • model screening

SIMULATION, Vol. 66, No. 4, 209-216 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/003754979606600404
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?