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ArticlePublication 2017Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Address Health Equity Concerns
This article serves as a guide to using cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to address health equity …
This article serves as a guide to using cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to address health equity concerns. The authors introduce the "equity impact plane," a tool for considering trade-offs between improving total health-the objective underpinning conventional CEA-and equity objectives, such as reducing social inequality in health or prioritizing the severely ill. Improving total health may clash with reducing social inequality in health, for example, when effective delivery of services to disadvantaged communities requires additional costs. Who…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Preferences/Values | Priority Setting/Ethics | Policy/Regulation | Health/Medicine | Global -
ArticlePublication 2017Likelihood Approach for Calibration of Stochastic Epidemic Models
Stochastic transmission dynamic models are especially useful for studying the early emergence of novel pathogens …
Stochastic transmission dynamic models are especially useful for studying the early emergence of novel pathogens given the importance of chance events when the number of infectious individuals is small. However, methods for parameter estimation and prediction for these types of stochastic models remain limited. This paper describes a calibration and prediction framework for stochastic compartmental transmission models of epidemics. The proposed method applies a linear noise approximation to describe the size of the fluctuations, and…
Dynamic Simulation | Health Systems | Dynamic Transmission | Calibration/Validation | Infectious Diseases | Health/Medicine | Global -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024American Public Health Association
The American Public Health Association (APHA), was founded in 1872 dedicated to improving the health …
The American Public Health Association (APHA), was founded in 1872 dedicated to improving the health of all U.S. residents. Two of the Association’s most important functions are advocacy for adoption by the government of the most current scientific advances relevant to public health, and public education on how to improve community health. Along with these efforts, they have also campaigned for developing well-organized health departments at both the federal and local levels. In 1966, APHA…
Health Systems | Health Outcomes | Evidence Synthesis | Technology Assessment | Infectious Diseases | Maternal/Reproductive Health | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Mental Health | Injuries/Accidents | Environmental Health | Policy/Regulation | Health/Medicine | Global | North America -
DataWeb Portal 2024Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is the only national data source in the U.S. measuring …
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is the only national data source in the U.S. measuring how Americans use and pay for medical care, health insurance, and out-of-pocket spending. Annual surveys of individuals and families, as well as their health care providers, provide data on health status, the use of medical services, charges, insurance coverage, and satisfaction with care. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides a range of data resources in the form…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Costing Methods | Health Outcomes | Social Determinants | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Government/Law | Health/Medicine | North America -
Resource PortalWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2024ImmunizationEconomics.org
ImmunizationEconomics.org is a resource for organizations and individuals involved in the field of immunization economics. …
ImmunizationEconomics.org is a resource for organizations and individuals involved in the field of immunization economics. The site was originally created in 2015 as part of the EPIC project with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and has key collaborators from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, ThinkWell, and Results for Development. ImmunizationEconomics.org has three central aims: (1) To create a global community of practice consisting of experts in…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Costing Methods | Infectious Diseases | Health/Medicine | Global -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024Results for Development
Results for Development (R4D) was founded in 2008, with a mission to create self-sustaining systems …
Results for Development (R4D) was founded in 2008, with a mission to create self-sustaining systems that support health, educated people, while ensuring that local change agents are in the driver’s seat, and that knowledge is transformed into action. Their work supports sustainable progress in health, education and nutrition, and puts data users at the center of all efforts. They develop tools - including dashboards, scorecards and performance metrics - in a way that is designed to solve practical…
Health Systems | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Evidence Synthesis | Technology Assessment | Infectious Diseases | Child/Nutrition | Climate/Environment | Education/Labor | Health/Medicine | Global -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment
International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) is a network of 52 Health …
International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) is a network of 52 Health technology Assessment (HTA) agencies that support health system decision making. Among the goals of the network is to support best practices and to foster knowledge exchange and learning across HTA communities. INAHTA provides briefs, checklists, and impact reports which are publicly available.
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ReviewPublication 2016Cost-Effectiveness Studies Reporting Cost-per-DALY Averted
This is a systematic review of cost-effectiveness studies reporting cost-per-DALY averted from 2000 through 2015 …
This is a systematic review of cost-effectiveness studies reporting cost-per-DALY averted from 2000 through 2015 conducted using the Global Health Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GHCEA) Registry. Authors summarized descriptive characteristics on study methodology. They analyzed a) the types of costs included, b) study quality and c) the correlation between diseases researched and the burden of disease in different world regions. 479 cost-per-DALY averted studies were published from 2000 through 2015, with studies from Sub-Saharan Africa representing the largest portion…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Health Outcomes | Health/Medicine | Global -
ArticlePublication 2016Funding Gap for Immunization Across 94 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This analysis estimates immunization program costs, potentially available financing, and resulting funding gap for 94 …
This analysis estimates immunization program costs, potentially available financing, and resulting funding gap for 94 low- and middle-income countries over the five-year period of 2016–2020. Vaccine financing by country governments, GAVI, and other development sources was forecasted for vaccine, supply chain, and service delivery based on an analysis of comprehensive multi-year plans together with a series of scenarios. The authors found that that delivery of full vaccination programs across the 94 countries would result in a total…
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Costing Methods | Mathematical Models | Infectious Diseases | Global Governance | Economics/Finance | Health/Medicine | Sub-Saharan Africa | Middle East & North Africa | Latin America & Caribbean | Asia & Pacific