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Working PaperPublication 2017Economy-Wide Effects of Health and Environmental Interventions in Support of BCA
This paper outlines relevant literature, makes pragmatic near-term recommendations, and suggests longer-term directions for research …
This paper outlines relevant literature, makes pragmatic near-term recommendations, and suggests longer-term directions for research to enhance the potential to apply economy-wide modeling approaches to health and environmental improvements in low and middle income country settings. The authors describe a case study funded by the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment, with World Bank support, that evaluates a broad set of planned health and environmental interventions, separately and together, over 25 years and considers impacts…
Health Systems | Priority Setting/Ethics | Preferences/Values | Costing Methods | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Social Determinants | Environmental Health | Climate/Environment | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | Global | Sub-Saharan Africa | North America -
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…
Health Systems | Priority Setting/Ethics | Preferences/Values | Decision Analysis | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Social Determinants | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | Global | Critical Thinking/Analysis -
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…
Health Systems | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Health Outcomes | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Policy/Regulation | Health/Medicine | Global -
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 Systems | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Health Outcomes | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Technology Assessment | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Government/Law | Health/Medicine | Global -
Working PaperPublication 2017CBA of Early Childhood Nutrition Intervention to Prevent Stunting in Haiti
This is one of two case studies that was conducted to support the Benefit-Cost Analysis Reference …
This is one of two case studies that was conducted to support the Benefit-Cost Analysis Reference Case Workshop, held on November 2-3, 2017, which is part of the second phase of a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop guidelines for high quality benefit-cost analyses. These guidelines will provide a reference case that promotes comparability across analyses, and will include principles, methodological specifications, and reporting standards. They will build on the existing iDSI…
Health Systems | Child/Nutrition | Priority Setting/Ethics | Preferences/Values | Costing Methods | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Social Determinants | Climate/Environment | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | Latin America & Caribbean -
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 Systems | Priority Setting/Ethics | Decision Theory | Probability/Bayes | Costing Methods | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | Europe
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