An Agent-Based Modeling Template for a Cohort of Veterans with Diabetic Retinopathy.

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Published in PLoS One on June 21, 2013

Authors

Theodore Eugene Day1, Nathan Ravi, Hong Xian, Ann Brugh

Author Affiliations

1: Health Services Research and Development, VA St. Louis Healthcare System, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America.

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