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Slide 8
Economic Evaluation
Economic Evaluation
• Involves application of techniques of economic
appraisal to interventions that affect human
health.
Consequences
Program A A
Choice
Consequences
.Comparator B
B
bi ci
(t ) (t )
NSB t 1
n
(1 r )
t 1
• Indirect costs
– Time of volunteers, communities, etc
Cost Cost
ICER A B
Benefit Benefit
A B
CEA
Intervention description
Cost-effectiveness ratio
Information on
Analysis, presentation, interpretation contextual factors
Other factors
affecting the
decision Decision making process
Decision
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Other considerations (in addition to EE)
• Technical, administrative and legal feasibility of
alternatives
• Resource availability
• Long-term sustainability
• Acceptability to different stakeholders –
community, health worker, etc
• Social, political and economic effects
• Environmental and ecological effects – DDT