Handbook of Applied Health Economics in Vaccines by David Bishai Paperback Book

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This book summarizes current theory and evidence relating to immunization supply, demand, distribution, and financing. It provides readers with an understanding of the obstacles faced in the field, and the possible approaches to corresponding solutions.

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Applying economics to vaccine delivery can save money and lives. With better analytical knowledge and better skills in decision-analysis, decision makers can improve vaccination program sustainability, efficiency, and financial predictability, leading to overall improvement in health system allocative efficiency. This handbook is a practical and accessible guide to the theory, methods, and research of health economics applied to immunization,and an essential and timely addition to the series of Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation. By bringing these principles of vaccines and economics together, it is a valuable resource for publichealth workers, healthcare practitioners, educators, students, researchers, decision makers, and all those working in the immunization field. The handbook guides readers through this critical subject, whether they are already versed in economics or new to the subject. The handbook includes practical examples relevant to high-, middle-, and low-income settings. It offers background information on vaccines and the vaccine landscape, with relevant reviews of vaccinefinancing, vaccine adoption, and scaling up vaccine delivery. The handbook's main chapters are on principles, costing, economic evaluation, advanced methods, and financing and resource tracking. Summarizingboth theory and applications, it is suitable for self-learning and for training and courses. Links to online exercises and resources will help readers learn and apply key insights.

Author Biography

David Bishai is a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the former President of the International Health Economics Association. From 2016 to 2020 he led partners from 6 countries in producing courses in vaccine economics.Logan Brenzel is a health economist with more than 35 years of health financing and development experience worldwide. Logan has a PhD in Health Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health; an MS in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health; and a BA in Human Biology and Humanities (Honors) from Stanford University. At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Logan manages a portfolio on immunization economics and financing,including COVID-19 vaccines, and supports health systems strengthening partnerships in the Africa region. Since 2003, Logan has provided policy advice to Gavi related to co-financing, eligibility, and transition.William Padula is a professor of pharmaceutical and health economics at University of Southern California, and fellow in the Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. His work explores the theoretical foundations of medical cost-effectiveness analysis. He teaches coursework in vaccine economics at universities throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. In 2021, he published the first peer-reviewed U.S. model on the cost-effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination. Heholds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research from University of Colorado; MS, Evaluative Clinical Science from Dartmouth College; MS, Analytics from University of Chicago; and BS, Chemical Engineering fromNorthwestern University.

Table of Contents

1. Principles of vaccine economics1.0: Chapter introduction1.1: Introduction to global vaccine systems1.2: Relevance of health economics to vaccines1.3: Cost of finding and making vaccines: implications for immunization programs1.4: Vaccination as investment in human capital1.5: Economics of vaccine delivery2. Estimating the cost of immunization services2.0: Chapter introduction2.1: Why costing studies are needed2.2: Defining immunization costs2.3: Designing a primary costing study or analysis2.4: Data analysis2.5: Costing new vaccine introduction3. Economic evaluation of vaccines and vaccine programs3.0: Chapter introduction3.1: Overview of decision analysis and cost-effectiveness3.2: Defining the scope and study design of cost-effectiveness analysis3.3: Parameter estimation3.4: Measuring and valuing health outcomes3.5: Reporting and interpreting results of economic evaluation3.6: Budget impact analysis and return on investment3.7: Introduction to decision tree modeling4. Advanced methods in economic evaluation4.0: Chapter introduction4.1: Introduction to Markov modeling4.2: Static and dynamic modeling4.3: Probabilistic sensitivity analysis and value of information analysis4.4: Economic evaluation reference case with Markov model5. Financing and resource tracking of vaccination Pprograms5.0: Chapter introduction5.1: Introduction to immunization financing and expenditure5.2: Financing of immunization programs5.3: Donor architecture for immunization financingAppendices1: EXERCISE: A CASE-STUDY ON ESTIMATING THE TOTAL AND UNIT ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION COSTS FROM THE FACILITY TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL2: EXERCISE: ESTIMATING NEW VACCINE INTRODUCTION COSTS3: IMMUNIZATION ACTIVITIES AND LINE ITEM COSTS4: MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES (MDPS)5: DERIVATION OF THE ANNUAL EXPECTED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INFECTED STATE6: MAKING MODELS PROBABILISTIC AND ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF INFORMATION

Review

This volume is the most relevant contemporary contribution to the field of vaccination and economics...This book is essential reading for policy makers and health policy analysts, and will no doubt serve as a valuable tool going forward. * Choice *

Long Description

Applying economics to vaccine delivery can save money and lives. With better analytical knowledge and better skills in decision-analysis, decision makers can improve vaccination program sustainability, efficiency, and financial predictability, leading to overall improvement in health system allocative efficiency. This handbook is a practical and accessible guide to the theory, methods, and research of health economics applied to immunization, and an essential and timely addition to the series of Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation. By bringing these principles of vaccines and economics together, it is a valuable resource for public health workers, healthcare practitioners, educators, students, researchers, decision makers, and all those working in the immunization field. The handbook guides readersthrough this critical subject, whether they are already versed in economics or new to the subject. The handbook includes practical examples relevant to high-, middle-, and low-income settings. It offers background information on vaccines and the vaccine landscape, with relevant reviews of vaccine financing, vaccine adoption, and scaling up vaccine delivery. The handbook's main chapters are on principles, costing, economic evaluation, advanced methods, and financing and resource tracking. Summarizing both theory and applications, it is suitable for self-learning and for training and courses.Links to online exercises and resources will help readers learn and apply key insights.

Details ISBN0192896083 Publisher Oxford University Press ISBN-10 0192896083 ISBN-13 9780192896087 Format Paperback Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Author William Padula Year 2023 Pages 448 Publication Date 2023-02-28 UK Release Date 2023-02-28 Edited by William Padula NZ Release Date 2023-02-28 Series Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation DEWEY 615.372 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2023-03-06 We've got this

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