Publications and Research
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 7-2021
Abstract
Achieving health equity has proven elusive for two reasons. First, most research has focused on changing the behavior of individuals; however, policies that address socioeconomic factors or change the context to facilitate healthy decisions tend to be more effective. Second, health disparity science and evidence are not consistently used to guide policymakers, even those seeking health equity. In this perspective, we discuss economic evaluation tools that researchers can use to assist decision-makers in conducting research or evaluating policy: self-reported health-related quality-of-life surveys and cost–benefit analysis evaluations informed with the willingness to pay for research and analyses.
Comments
This work was originally published in Health Equity, available at doi:10.1089/heq.2021.0010.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).