Conceptualizing a Model: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Task Force-2
2012
This article provides a series of consensus-based best practices regarding the process of model conceptualization, specifically when models are used to inform medical decisions and health-related resource allocation. The authors divide the conceptualization process into two distinct components: the conceptualization of the problem, which converts knowledge of the health care process or decision into a representation of the problem, followed by the conceptualization of the model itself, which matches the attributes and characteristics of a particular modeling type to the needs of the problem being represented.
Recommendations are made regarding the structure of the model, the statement of the problem, the perspective and target population, the interventions and outcomes represented as well as the specific characteristics of the problem that might be most easily represented.
This paper is one of a 7-part series of articles on modeling good research practices based on a collaboration between the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM).
The other articles include:
- Modeling Good Research Practices – Overview: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-1
- State-Transition Modeling: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-3
- Modeling Using Discrete Event Simulation: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-4
- Dynamic Transmission Modeling: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-5
- Model Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-6
- Model Transparency and Validation: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-7
Conceptualizing a Model: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Task Force-2
Source:
Roberts M, Russell LB, Paltiel AD et al. Conceptualizing a Model: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-2. Value in Health 2012; 15: 804-811. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X12454941