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ArticlePublication 2016Attention to Distribution in U.S. Regulatory Analysis
Before promulgating a major environmental, health, or safety regulation, U.S. government agencies are expected to …
Before promulgating a major environmental, health, or safety regulation, U.S. government agencies are expected to analyze the distribution of its impacts as well as its total costs and benefits. This article reviews several analyses to explore whether this expectation is being met. The authors find that agencies provide little information on distributional impacts. To the extent that these impacts are assessed, agencies often focus on the distribution of health effects and do not address the…
Costing Methods | Preferences/Values | Priority Setting/Ethics | Decision Analysis | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Social Determinants | Policy/Regulation | Climate/Environment | Health/Medicine | North America | Critical Thinking/Analysis -
Working PaperPublication 2024Economic Evaluation Primer
Economic evaluation is a powerful tool, encouraging the systematic collection and assessment of the evidence …
Economic evaluation is a powerful tool, encouraging the systematic collection and assessment of the evidence needed to support sound policy decisions. In low- and middle-income countries, where resources are especially scarce and needs are very great, such decisions are exceptionally difficult. In these settings, economic evaluation can be particularly useful in determining how to best improve health and welfare. Typically, cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is used to prioritize interventions within the health care sector. This approach…
Costing Methods | Priority Setting/Ethics | Health Outcomes | Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Policy/Regulation | Global
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