Topic

Disease-area economics

Economic evaluation applied to particular disease areas and programmes, such as cancer, mental health, screening and long-term care. Each area raises its own questions, for example the long time horizons of screening programmes.

Concepts in this topic

• Addiction Treatment EconomicsAddiction treatment economics is the economic evaluation of treatments for substance use disorders, weighing their costs against health and crime outcomes.
• Adolescent Mental Health EconomicsAdolescent mental health economics studies the costs, outcomes and value for money of mental health prevention and care for young people aged 10 to 19.
• Alcohol Use EconomicsAlcohol use economics estimates what drinking costs health services and society and tests the value for money of alcohol screening and control policies.
• Anaesthesiology EconomicsAnaesthesiology economics is the economic evaluation of anaesthesia, weighing techniques, drugs, staffing and theatre time against outcomes and carbon.
• Antimicrobial EconomicsAntimicrobial economics applies health economics to anti-infectives: resistance as an externality, population value and incentives for new antibiotics.
• Cancer Treatment EconomicsThe analysis of costs, health outcomes and resource consequences across cancer treatment pathways for a specified population, comparator, perspective and decision.
• Long-Term Care EconomicsThe study of resources, financing, incentives and outcomes involved in sustained formal and unpaid support for people with ongoing care needs.
• Mental Health EconomicsThe broad application of health economic evaluation to mental health conditions and treatment, spanning prevention, psychotherapy, medication, and specialist psychiatric services.
• Screening EconomicsThe economic assessment of a screening programme’s full pathway, comparing its costs, health benefits, harms, budget implications and opportunity costs with feasible alternatives.