Sequential drug decision problems in long-term medical conditions:
A Case Study of Primary Hypertension
Eunju Kim
BA, MA, MSc.
Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Health Economics and Decision Science
School of Health and Related Research
July 2015
© Eunju Kim 2015
Acknowledgements
This PhD would not have completed without the support and guidance that I received from many people. First and foremost I would like to say a very big thank you to Dr. Yang Meng who was my first supervisor. I was very fortunate to have a supervisor who understood the difficulties in doing a PhD as an international student. I appreciate all his contributions in time, ideas, guidance on modelling and writing, and particularly his patience with my English. I am also very grateful to my supervisory team, Prof. Jim Chilcott and Roberta Ara, for their guidance on the research direction, academic support and constant feedback on this PhD. Their insightful comments encouraged discussions and significantly improved this work. I am thankful to Dr. Paul Morris and Eunhee Lee for providing comprehensive advice of the clinical aspects of this thesis.
I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to my parent and my brother, Jinsu, for always believing in me, cheering me up and supporting me financially and psychologically. I am particularly thankful to my husband Mark, who has been by my side throughout this PhD, introduced me Matlab and Iceberg, helped me to solve the technical problems in modelling, read through the draft of this thesis and checked for grammatical errors. He made it possible for me to complete this. Thank you so much.
Funding source
Financial support for this study was provided in part by grant from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health in the University of Sheffield.
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