Impact of chronic diseases on general health in american adults
Open Access
Author:
Palaniappan Narayanan, Palaniappan
Graduate Program:
Industrial Engineering
Degree:
Master of Science
Document Type:
Master Thesis
Date of Defense:
None
Committee Members:
Dr Paul Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor Paul Griffin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keywords:
logistics regression chronic diseases
Abstract:
The goal of this thesis is to develop a multi-criteria weighting factor to highlight the importance of the effect of various chronic diseases on the health of American adults. A Multivariate logistic regression model is used to determine the odds ratio which represents the impact of each of the chronic diseases considered, controlling for socio-demographic factors and other conditions. The other criteria which is critical in establishing the effect of a chronic disease is the prevalence of the disease. A normalized bi-criteria additive weighting scheme is developed to show the importance of the chronic disease in terms of both prevalence and impact. The motivation behind developing such a weighting factor is to aid decision makers in making allocation decisions across several domains that influence health care needs, public policy, and research priorities.
