Tutorials

Tutorials

A Tutorial on Discrete Event Simulation Models Using a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Example in R
Tutorial
R
Discrete-event simulation

Med Decis Making. 2026;46(5):533–548.

Lopez-Mendez M, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Alarid-Escudero F
05/01/2026
A Tutorial on Time-Dependent Cohort State-Transition Models in R using a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Example
Tutorial
R
Markov/cSTM

Med Decis Making. 2023;43(1):21–41.

Alarid-Escudero F, Krijkamp EM, Enns EA, Yang A, Hunink MGM, Pechlivanoglou P, Jalal H
01/01/2023
An Introductory Tutorial on Cohort State-Transition Models in R using a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Example
Tutorial
R
Markov/cSTM

Med Decis Making. 2023;43(1):3–20.

Alarid-Escudero F, Krijkamp EM, Enns EA, Yang A, Hunink MGM, Pechlivanoglou P, Jalal H
01/01/2023
A Multidimensional Array Representation of State-Transition Model Dynamics
Tutorial
Markov/cSTM

Med Decis Making. 2020;40(2):242–248.

Krijkamp EM, Alarid-Escudero F, Enns EA, Pechlivanoglou P, Hunink MGM, Yang A, Jalal H
02/01/2020
A need for change! A coding framework for improving transparency in decision modeling
Tutorial
R
Transparency

PharmacoEconomics. 2019;37(11):1329–1339.

Alarid-Escudero F, Krijkamp E, Pechlivanoglou P, Jalal H, Kao SYZ, Yang A, Enns EA
11/01/2019
Microsimulation Modeling for Health Decision Sciences Using R: A Tutorial
Tutorial
R
Microsimulation

Med Decis Making. 2018;38(3):400–422.

Krijkamp E, Alarid-Escudero F, Enns EA, Jalal HJ, Hunink MGM, Pechlivanoglou P
03/01/2018
An overview of R in Health Decision Sciences
Tutorial
R

Med Decis Making. 2017;37(7):735–746.

Jalal HJ, Pechlivanoglou P, Krijkamp E, Alarid-Escudero F, Enns EA, Hunink MG
07/01/2017
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Methodology

A Novel Decision-Modeling Framework for Health Policy Analyses When Outcomes Are Influenced by Social and Disease Processes
Methodology
Health policy
Simulation

Med Decis Making. First published online 2026-02-11.

Cusick MM, Alarid-Escudero F, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Rose S
02/11/2026
Discrete-Event Simulation Modeling Framework for Cancer Interventions and Population Health in R (DESCIPHR): An Open-Source Pipeline
Methodology
R
Discrete-event simulation
Microsimulation
Calibration

PharmacoEconomics. Published: 23 January 2026.

Pi S, Rutter CM, Pineda-Antunez C, Chen JH, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Alarid-Escudero F
01/23/2026
A Fast Nonparametric Sampling Method for Time to Event in Individual-Level Simulation Models
Methodology
Microsimulation
Survival analysis

Med Decis Making. 2025;45(2):205–213.

Garibay-Treviño DU, Jalal H, Alarid-Escudero F
02/01/2025
Microsimulation Estimates of Decision Uncertainty and Value of Information Are Biased but Consistent
Methodology
Value of information
Microsimulation

Med Decis Making. 2025;45(2):127–142.

Goldhaber-Fiebert J, Jalal H, Alarid-Escudero F
02/01/2025
Effects of Mitigation and Control Policies in Realistic Epidemic Models Accounting for Household Transmission Dynamics
Methodology
Infectious disease

Med Decis Making. 2024;44(1):5–17.

Alarid-Escudero F, Andrews JR, Goldhaber-Fiebert J
01/01/2024
Methods for communicating the impact of parameter uncertainty in a multiple strategies cost-effectiveness comparison
Methodology
Uncertainty

Med Decis Making. 2022;42(7):956–968.

Wolff HB, Qendri V, Kunst N, Alarid-Escudero F, Coupé VMH
07/01/2022
Characterization and Valuation of the Uncertainty of Calibrated Parameters in Microsimulation Decision Models
Methodology
Calibration

Frontiers in Physiology. 2022;13:780917.

Alarid-Escudero F, Knudsen AB, Ozik J, Collier N, Kuntz KM
01/01/2022
BayCANN: Streamlining Bayesian Calibration with Artificial Neural Network Metamodeling
Methodology
Calibration
Metamodeling

Frontiers in Physiology. 2021;12:662314.

Jalal H, Trikalinos TA, Alarid-Escudero F
01/01/2021
Hexamaps for Age–Period–Cohort Data Visualization and Implementation in R
Methodology
Visualization

Epidemiology. 2020.

Jalal H, Burke DS
09/01/2020
Potential Bias Associated with Modeling the Effectiveness of Healthcare Interventions in Reducing Mortality Using an Overall Hazard Ratio
Methodology
Survival analysis

PharmacoEconomics. 2020;38(3):285–296.

Alarid-Escudero F, Kuntz KM
03/01/2020
The Curve of Optimal Sample Size (COSS): A Graphical Representation of the Optimal Sample Size from a Value of Information Analysis
Methodology
Value of information

PharmacoEconomics. 2019;37(7):871–877.

Jutkowitz E, Alarid-Escudero F, Kuntz KM, Jalal HJ
07/01/2019
“Time Traveling Is Just Too Dangerous” But Some Methods Are Worth Revisiting: The Advantages of Expected Loss Curves Over Cost-Effectiveness Acceptability Curves and Frontier
Methodology
Value of information

Value Health. 2019;22(5):611–618.

Alarid-Escudero F, Enns EA, Kuntz KM, Michaud TL, Jalal HJ
05/01/2019
Revisiting assumptions about age-based mixing representations in mathematical models of sexually transmitted infections
Methodology
Infectious disease

Vaccine. 2018;36(37):5572–5579.

Easterly C, Alarid-Escudero F, Enns EA, Kulasingam S
09/01/2018
Non-identifiability in model calibration and implications for medical decision making
Methodology
Calibration

Med Decis Making. 2018;38(7):810–821.

Alarid-Escudero F, Maclehose RF, Peralta Y, Kuntz KM, Enns EA
07/01/2018
A Gaussian Approximation Approach for Value of Information Analysis
Methodology
Value of information

Med Decis Making. 2018;38(2):174–188.

Jalal HJ, Alarid-Escudero F
02/01/2018
A Comparison of Four Software Programs for Implementing Decision Analytic Cost-Effectiveness Models
Methodology
Software

PharmacoEconomics. 2017;35(8):817–830.

Hollman C, Paulden M, Pechlivanoglou P, McCabe C
08/01/2017
Some health states are better than others: using health state rank order to improve probabilistic analyses
Methodology
Utility

Med Decis Making. 2016;36(8):927–940.

Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Jalal HJ
08/01/2016
Identifying Best-Fitting Inputs in Health-Economic Model Calibration: A Pareto Frontier Approach
Methodology
Calibration

Med Decis Making. 2015;35(2):170–182.

Enns EA, Cipriano LE, Simons CT, Kong CY
02/01/2015
Linear regression metamodeling as a tool to summarize and present simulation model results
Methodology
Metamodeling

Med Decis Making. 2013;33(7):880–890.

Jalal HJ, Dowd B, Sainfort F, Kuntz KM
07/01/2013
Inferring model parameters in network-based disease simulation
Methodology
Infectious disease

Health Care Manag Sci. 2011;14(2):174–188.

Enns EA, Brandeau ML
02/01/2011
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