18 June 2020

Health economics: a guide for public health teams

Health economics: a guide for public health teams
PHE updated 18 June 2020
  • Links to tools and reports that can help you:
    • assess which interventions provide the best value for money, by calculating their costs, benefits and ROI
    • make the most of your budget by deciding how to split resources across different public health programmes
    • compare costs, savings and clinical outcomes
    • assess the available economic evidence in different public health topic areas
  • Covers a range of health conditions including LTCs and public health concerns (eg falls) plus wider decision support.
  • ROI tools include:
    • colorectal cancer ROI tool
    • end of life care economic tool
    • NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme ROI tool