What’s the price of an intervention to enhance well being? This looks as if a easy query, simply add up the prices. Nonetheless, some prices are variable and a few are mounted. Thus, including an additional particular person to an intervention might not equal to the typical value as mounted prices might not improve. Moreover, there could also be (dis)economies of scale or scope which can (improve) lower value for the marginal affected person.

A paper by d’Elbée et al. (2023) goals to create a construction for higher capturing value of well being interventions, notably in low- and middle-income international locations (LMIC). Key definitions to think about are:

• Inputs. hospital mattress, per subject officer, lab reagent, diagnostic check
• Outputs: Measure both per service (e.g., dose of vaccine administered, hospital go to, medical session, screening or diagnostic check) or well being intervention (e.g., main well being care: well being promotion, sanitation and surroundings well being, maternal and youngster well being and household planning, vitamin, immunization and communicable illnesses management)
• Outcomes: per beneficiary or per goal particular person.
• Setting. Per administrative construction (e.g., village, block, well being heart)

The paper has a really good mathematical building of how you can measure prices, with key issues. Related figures are proven under.

The complete paper is right here.