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Author M. van Ommeren |
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Dollars, DALYs and Decisions / D. Chilsholm / Geneva [Switzerland] : World Health Organisation (WHO) (2006)
Dollars, DALYs and Decisions : Economic Aspects of the Mental Health System [printed text] / D. Chilsholm, Author ; S. Saxena, Author ; M. van Ommeren . - Geneva [Switzerland] : World Health Organisation (WHO), 2006 . - 56 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
ISBN : 978-92-4-156333-8 : € 0,00
Languages : English (eng)
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WA 305 Mental health of special population groups
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Cost of Illness ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Electronic books ; Health Planning ; Mental Health ServicesAbstract:
The widening recognition of mental health as a significant international public health issue has led to an increasing need to demonstrate that investment of resources into service development is both required and also worthwhile. In particular, there is a need to generate evidence on mental health care strategies that are not only effective and appropriate but are also cost-effective and sustainable. Aimed at health policy-makers and service researchers with an interest in strengthening mental health systems, this publication sets out to highlight the need for and relevance of an economic dimension to decision-making and to summarize results from existing mental health economic analysesContents note: Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction 11 1.1 Rationale for an economic perspective in mental health policy and practice 11 -- 1.2 Economics for mental health planning and evaluation: a systems approach 14 -- 2. Measuring the burden of mental disorders: from DALYs to dollars 19 -- 2.1 Epidemiological burden: disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) 19 -- 2.2 Economic burden: cost-of-illness studies 21 -- 3. Reducing the burden of mental disorders: from global to national evaluation 23 -- 3.1 WHO framework for cost-effectiveness analysis 23 -- 3.2 Global evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of interventions 25 -- 3.3 National evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of interventions 30 -- 4. Priority-setting and resource allocation for mental health system development 37 -- 4.1 Decision-making criteria for resource planning and allocation in health 37 -- 4.2 Development of a priority-setting framework for mental health policy 39 -- 4.3 Scaling up priority interventions: financial planning and budgetary allocation 43 -- 5. Conclusion 47 -- References 49 Appendices 53 Link for e-copy: http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/dollars_dalys_and_decisions.pdf Format of e-copy: PDF [Open Access] (1,52 MB) Record link: https://kce.docressources.info/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=754