PHE 6 September 2016
- Economic appraisal methods and tools for areas that have a significant impact on health.
- This review summarises how government departments calculate return on investment (ROI), cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness and value for money on areas that have an impact on health. This includes education, employment, housing, transport, environment, culture, sports and crime.
- The report describes:
- the wider context for economic appraisal and evaluation methods across government
- the responsibility of other government departments to explore health impacts where relevant and how health impact is measured
- methods used to identify documents and tools
- learning for local agencies
- five case studies demonstrating good practice
