Lesson 2 Quiz

Use the articles below to answer the questions in this short quiz.

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What is an assumption? Why are they used in mathematical modeling?*
"The Impact of an AIDS Vaccine in Developing Countries: A New Model and Initial Results"
Please copy/paste the link below to access the article and answer the question below: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1147?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
List 3-5 assumptions that the authors made in their modeling.*
"Modeling Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Increased Efforts to Attract Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Clients Ages 20-29 in Zimbabwe"
Please copy/paste the link below into a new browser to access the article and answer the questions below: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5082672/
What was the purpose of the sensitivity analysis that the authors conducted? What did it show?*
What did the cost-effectiveness results reveal?*

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