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ArticlePublication 2019Valuing Protection against Financial Risk
This paper explores the value of the financial risk protection provided by health insurance. While …
This paper explores the value of the financial risk protection provided by health insurance. While the benefits of reducing financial risks have long been recognized, less attention has been paid to how best to measure them. This paper provides a framework for assessing these benefits, focusing on three types of impacts: pooling the risk of unexpected medical expenditures between healthy and sick households, redistributing resources from high to low income recipients, and smoothing consumption over…
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GuidelinesPublication 2014Methods for Economic Evaluation Project
This report details the work of the Methods for Economic Evaluation Project (MEEP), which aims …
This report details the work of the Methods for Economic Evaluation Project (MEEP), which aims to promote a consistency in the methods used for economic evaluations. The report is targeted especially at low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a major funder of health economic evaluations in LMICs, but there is substantial variation in the methods used and the quality of the analyses produced. The report drew on expertise from…
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GuidelinesWeb Portal 2017iDSI Reference Case for Economic Evaluation
This is a reference case which gives 12 principles to guide the planning, conduct and …
This is a reference case which gives 12 principles to guide the planning, conduct and reporting of health economic evaluations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The International Decision Support Group (iDSI) is a network of health, policy and economic experts. It builds on the approaches of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK, the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) in Thailand and the World Health Organization. iDSI…
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OrganizationWeb Portal 2024International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI)
The International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) is a global network of health, policy and economic …
The International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) is a global network of health, policy and economic expertise, working to achieve Universal Health Coverage and The Health Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3). They are committed to robust evidence, analysis and decision-making that policymakers, funders and researchers can use to balance trade-offs between different policy options and model potential results to make the best choice available. They support countries to make better decisions about how much public money…
Health/Medicine | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Health Outcomes | Technology Assessment | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Government/Law | Global -
ReportPublication 2017Benefit-Cost Analysis: Scoping Report
This report supports the scoping phase of the project, Benefit-Cost Analysis Reference Case: Principles, Methods, …
This report supports the scoping phase of the project, Benefit-Cost Analysis Reference Case: Principles, Methods, and Standards, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The report reviews and evaluates the current use of benefit-cost analysis, focusing on investments in health and development in low- and middle-income countries. In the scoping report, the authors: Discuss the relationship of this effort to the existing iDSI Reference Case and describe the overall benefit-cost analysis framework. Identify…
Health/Medicine | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Decision Theory | Probability/Bayes | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Europe
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