Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool: Phase II: Prototype of a Decision-Support System

By Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, et al.

SMART Vaccines--Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines--is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help inform choices among candidates for new vaccine development. A blueprint for this computer-based guide was presented in the 2012 report Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Framework: Phase I.

Ranking Vaccines: A Prioritization Software Tool, Phase II extends the proof-of-concept presented in the Phase I report, which was based on multi-attribute utility theory. This report refines a beta version of the model developed in the Phase I report and presents its next iteration, SMART Vaccines 1.0.

Ranking Vaccines: Phase II discusses the methods underlying the development, validation, and evaluation of SMART Vaccines 1.0. It also discusses how SMART Vaccines should--and, just as importantly, should not--be used. The report also offers ideas for future enhancements for SMART Vaccines as well as for ideas for expanded uses and considerations and possibilities for the future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309266386
• ISBN13: 9780309266383
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.9"