Five-Part Webcast on Economic Evaluation

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This five-part webcast series is designed to help you understand the value of economic evaluation and how to incorporate these methods into your programs.

Download the Glossary of Terms [PDF – 84 KB]

Economic evaluation can be used to

  • Compare costs and benefits of an intervention.
  • Demonstrate to decision makers that the benefits of your program are worth the costs.
  • Help prioritize resources.
  • Enhance decision making and help set health policy.
Instructions to download files
If you want to You should view How the module will be of assistance
  1. Obtain an overview of economic evaluation and how it’s applicable to your program.
 View the webcast Introduction to economic evaluation [PDF – 264 KB]
Cdc-pd		 Offers basic knowledge of economic evaluation.
  1. Determine the total costs of a disease or condition (e.g., direct and indirect costs).
 View the webcast Economic impact analysis (also known as Cost of Illness Analysis) [PDF – 426 KB]
Cdc-pd		 Shows the potential benefits of prevention.
  1. Know the resources required to implement an intervention or program and the costs associated with using those resources.
 View the webcast Programmatic cost analysis [PDF – 224 KB]
Cdc-p		 Serves as a foundation for budget justification, decision-making, and forecasting.
  1. Compare an intervention’s costs its outcomes in natural health units.
 View the webcast Cost-effectiveness analysis [PDF – 222 KB]
Cdc-pd		 Shows outcomes in natural health units, such as the number of cardiovascular disease cases prevented or the number of lives saved.
  1. Determine the benefits or consequences of a program policy, or intervention compared to the dollars spent.
 View the webcast Benefit-cost analysis [PDF – 401 KB]
Cdc-pd		 Places a dollar value on program outcomes.

Resources

  1. Haddix AC, et al. Prevention Effectiveness: A Guide to Decision Analysis and Economic Evaluation. Oxford University Press, 2003.