COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION – ADDENDUM

In my article above, I cite an earlier article by Frances Kamm, ‘Deciding Whom to Help, Health-Adjusted Life Years, and Disabilities’, in Public Health, Ethics, and Equity, eds. S. Anand, F. Peters, and A. Sen (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) (which was based on ‘Deciding Whom to Help, the Principle of Irrelevant Goods and Health-Adjusted Life Years’ (1999) circulated as a working paper of the Center for Population Studies, Harvard University). However, (1) I failed to correctly identify her position on one view that she took up in that article, and (2) also failed to cite a proposal she developed in that article similar to one I took up in my paper.

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Ronald Bayer, Lawrence O. Gostin, Bruce Jennings, Bonnie Steinbock (Hrsg) (2007) Public Health Ethics. Theory, Policy, and Practice Oxford University Press, New York, 418 Seiten, ISBN 978-0-19-518084-8 Angus Dawson, Marcel Verweij (Hrsg) (2007) Ethics, Prevention and Public Health Clarendon Press, Oxford, 234 Seiten, ISBN 978-0-19-929069-7

Ethik in der Medizin ◽

10.1007/s00481-008-0565-3 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 156-158 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Georg Marckmann

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

New York ◽

Public Health Ethics ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Oxford University ◽

Health Ethics ◽

Oxford University Press

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Hollywood Under Siege: Recent Books on Hollywood and CensorshipReforming Hollywood: How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies, by William D. Romanowski. New York, Oxford University Press, 2012. xv, 298 pp. $31.95 US (cloth).J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies: The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood’s Cold War, by John Sbardellati. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2012. viii, 256 pp. $27.95 US (cloth).The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler, by Ben Urwand. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2013. 327 pp. $26.95 (cloth).

Canadian Journal of History ◽

10.3138/cjh.49.3.477 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 49 (3) ◽

pp. 477-482

Author(s):

J.E. Smyth

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Cold War ◽

Harvard University ◽

Cornell University ◽

Oxford University ◽

Oxford University Press

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Book Reviews : Infectious Diseases, by Carl C. Dauer, Robert F. Korns and Leonard M. Schuman. American Public Health Association—Vital and Health Statistic Monograph. 262 pp. HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS. Cambridge, Mass. (Oxford University Press, London), 1968. £2 7s. 6d. [IA/108]

Royal Society of Health Journal ◽

10.1177/146642406908900134 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 89 (1) ◽

pp. 41-41

Author(s):

Joseph V. Walker

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Infectious Diseases ◽

Harvard University ◽

American Public Health Association ◽

Oxford University ◽

Health Association ◽

Health Statistic ◽

Oxford University Press

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Economic evaluation of ‘Men on the Move’, a ‘real world’ community-based physical activity programme for men

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa152 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Liam Kelly ◽

Michael Harrison ◽

Noel Richardson ◽

Paula Carroll ◽

Tom Egan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Economic Evaluation ◽

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Health Benefits ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Health Improvement ◽

Community Based ◽

Life Years ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Physical activity (PA) interventions capable of producing health benefits cost effectively are a public health priority across the Western world. ‘Men on the Move’ (MOM), a community-based PA intervention for men, demonstrated significant health benefits up to 52-weeks (W) post-baseline. This article details the economic evaluation of MOM with a view to determining its cost-effectiveness as a public health intervention to be rolled out nationally in Ireland. Methods Cost-effectiveness was determined by comparing the costs (direct and indirect) of the programme to its benefits, which were captured as the impact on quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). For the benefits, cost–utility analysis was conducted by retrospectively adapting various health-related measures of participants to generate health states using Brazier et al.’s (2002) short form-6D algorithm. This in turn allowed for ‘utility measures’ to be generated, from which QALYs were derived. Results Findings show MOM to be cost-effective in supporting an ‘at risk’ cohort of men achieves significant improvements in aerobic fitness, weight loss and waist reduction. The total cost per participant (€125.82 for each of the 501 intervention participants), the QALYs gained (11.98 post-12-W intervention, or 5.3% health improvement per participant) and estimated QALYs ratio costs of €3723 represents a cost-effective improvement when compared to known QALY guidelines. Conclusions The analysis shows that the cost per QALY achieved by MOM is significantly less than the existing benchmarks of £20 000 and €45 000 in the UK and Ireland respectively, demonstrating MOM to be cost-effective.

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