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Review
. 2015 Jun 24:3:164.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00164. eCollection 2015.

Economic Evaluation Enhances Public Health Decision Making

Kristina M Rabarison  1 , Connie L Bish  1 , Mehran S Massoudi  1 , Wayne H Giles  1
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Economic Evaluation Enhances Public Health Decision Making

Kristina M Rabarison et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

Contemporary public health professionals must address the health needs of a diverse population with constrained budgets and shrinking funds. Economic evaluation contributes to evidence-based decision making by helping the public health community identify, measure, and compare activities with the necessary impact, scalability, and sustainability to optimize population health. Asking "how do investments in public health strategies influence or offset the need for downstream spending on medical care and/or social services?" is important when making decisions about resource allocation and scaling of interventions.

Keywords: cost analysis; cost-benefit analysis; cost-effectiveness analysis; cost-utility analysis; economic evaluation; public health economics; public health leadership.

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