Complex systems abound in public health. Complex systems are made up of heterogeneous
elements that interact with one another, have emergent properties that are not explained by …

This article reports the first systematic literature review of system dynamics (SD) applications
in health and medicine published between 1960 and 2018. We categorize SD contributions …

The systems modeling methodology of system dynamics is well suited to address the
dynamic complexity that characterizes many public health issues. The system dynamics …

Policies to promote public health and welfare often fail or worsen the problems they are
intended to solve. Evidence-based learning should prevent such policy resistance, but …

Public policies often fail to achieve their intended result because of the complexity of both
the environment and the policy‐making process. In this article, we review the benefits of …

The obesity epidemic has grown rapidly into a major public health challenge, in the United
States and worldwide. The scope and scale of the obesity epidemic motivate an urgent need …

Geoff Coyle has recently posed the question as to whether or not there may be situations in
which computer simulation adds no value beyond that gained from qualitative causal‐loop …

This paper investigates the determinants of regional variations in outpatient antibiotic
consumption using Swiss data. The analysis contributes to the debate on appropriate …

Background. Primary health care has been proven to be a highly effective and efficient way
to address the main causes and risks of poor health and well-being today, as well as …

Objectives. We present a system dynamics model that quantifies the energy imbalance gap
responsible for the US adult obesity epidemic among gender and racial subpopulations …