Assessing the Effectiveness of Disease and Injury Prevention Programs; Costs and Consequences

Gorsky, Robin D.; Teutsch, Steven M.

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Disease and Injury Prevention Programs; Costs and Consequences

August 18, 1995
By Gorsky, Robin D. ; Teutsch, Steven M.
Source: MMWR. Recommendations and Reports 1995; v. 44, no. 10
Series: Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Epidemiology Program Office.
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Because resources are finite, public health decision makers need to consider the costs and effectiveness of alternative prevention strategies. A simplified approach to performing marginal cost-effectiveness analyses requires a) a description of the program, b) a description of the health outcomes averted and the timing of those events, c) the rates of the health outcome, d) the preventable fraction of the health outcomes averted, e) the costs per unit of the intervention, and f) the direct medical costs of the health outcome prevented and the side effects incurred. With this information, the marginal cost-effectiveness of an intervention can be determined and applied for decision making.
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[prepared by Robin D. Gorsky and Steven M. Teutsch].

The following CDC staff members prepared this report: Robin D. Gorsky, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of New Hampshire and Office of the Deputy Director for HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Steven M. Teutsch, Prevention Effectiveness Activity, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 10).
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Cost-Benefit Analysis Economics Health Care Costs Health Care Rationing Health Services Research Organization & Administration Outcome And Process Assessment (Health Care) Preventive Health Services Public Health Administration Standards
Source:

MMWR. Recommendations and Reports 1995; v. 44, no. 10
Series:

Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
ISSN:

1057-5987 (print)
Pubmed ID:

7565538
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Journal Issue
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Statistics
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United States
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print; ii, 10 p. ; 22 cm.
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44
Issue:

10
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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