Applied Health Economics for Public Health Practice and Research

In today's world of scare resources, determining the optimal allocation of funds to preventive health care interventions (PHIs) is a challenge. The upfront investments needed must be viewed as long term projects, the benefits of which we will experience in the future. The long term positive change to PHIs from economic investment can be seen across multiple sectors such as health care, education, employment and beyond.

Applied Health Economics for Public Health Practice and Research is the fifth in the series of Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation. It presents new research on health economics methodology and application to the evaluation of public health interventions. Looking at traditional as well as novel methods of economic evaluation, the book covers the history of economics of public health and the economic rationale for government investment in prevention. In addition, it looks at principles of health economics, evidence synthesis, key methods of economic evaluation with accompanying case studies, and much more.

Looking to the future, Applied Health Economics for Public Health Practice and Research presents priorities for research in the field of public health economics. It acknowledges the role played by natural environment in promoting better health, and the place of genetics, environment and socioeconomic status in determining population health.

Ideal for health economists, public health researchers, local government workers, health care professionals, and those responsible for health policy development. Applied Health Economics for Public Health Practice and Research is an important contribution to the economic discussion of public health and resource allocation.

Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluations, Bangor University, Wales, UK,Emma McIntosh, Professor of Health Economics, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, (HEHTA), University of Glasgow, UK

Rhiannon Tudor Edwards is Professor of Health Economics at Bangor University and founding co-director of the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME) at Bangor. She has a long-standing commitment to developing and applying methods for the economic evaluation of public health interventions to improve population health. She has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in health economics.

Emma McIntosh is Professor of Health Economics and Deputy Director of the Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment team at the University of Glasgow. She is also Director of the NIHR Global Health Research Group on estimating the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania. Prof McIntosh joined the University of Glasgow in May 2011 as programme leader on the Economics of Population Health

1. Introduction to Public Health and Public Health Economics, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards and Robert Atenstaedt
2. The supply and demand of prevention goods and services and the need for economic evaluation, Seow Tien Yeo, Huw Lloyd-Williams, and Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
3. Applying Methods of Economic Evaluation to Public Health: Contemporary solutions to traditional challenges, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards and Emma McIntosh
4. Synthesising evidence for economic evaluations of public health interventions, Olivia Wu, Joanna Charles, and Nathan Bray
5. Identification, measurement and valuation of resource use in public health intervention economic evaluation, Carys Jones, Joanna Charles, and Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
6. Identifying, measuring and valuing outcomes within economic evaluations of public health interventions, Emma McIntosh
7. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Public Health Interventions, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
8. Cost-Utility Analysis of Public Health Interventions, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards and Eira Winrow
9. Cost-benefit analysis for applied public health economic evaluation, Emma McIntosh, Camilla Baba, and Willings Botha
10. Cost-Consequence Analysis of Public Health Interventions, Ned Hartfiel and Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
11. Use of Modelling in the Economic Evaluation of Public Health Interventions, Hazel Squires and Kathleen Boyd
12. Return on investment, social return on investment and the business case for prevention, Joanna Charles, Alice Jones, and Huw Lloyd-Williams
13. The role of Multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in public health economic evaluation, Huw Lloyd-Williams
14. To disinvest or invest? The role of Programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) for economic evaluation and prioritisation between public health interventions, Joanna Charles and Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
15. International Perspectives and Future Directions for Research and Policy, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Emma McIntosh, and Eira Winrow