In April 2012, NICE announced that, following a topic referral from the Department of Health, people working in health, youth and criminal justice, education and social care sectors would be given NICE guidance on the effectiveness and
cost effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and early treatment of mental health problems of offenders.
«And now we have literally dozens and dozens of randomized controlled trials across a range of conditions in low - resource settings using low - cost human resources,» he says, «and they're backed by economic data of
the cost effectiveness of these interventions.»
The cost effectiveness of the intervention will also be established.
Not exact matches
Another multi-stakeholder initiative known as ReFED has recently released an important piece
of analysis, which demonstrates the
cost effectiveness of 27 key technical
interventions in food waste reduction, recovery, and recycling, and which serves as a data - driven guide for businesses, government, funders, and nonprofits to collectively reduce food waste at scale.
Future research should include further evaluations
of successful
interventions, with an emphasis on determining the optimal timeframe for the provision
of support, the effect
of educating women's family members, and the impact on infant health care use and
cost -
effectiveness.
The team compared the
effectiveness of nudge - type strategies with more standard policy
interventions, calculating the ratio between an
intervention's causal effect and its implementation
cost.
With this in mind, a research team including academics and practitioners inside and outside
of government examined existing studies to evaluate the relative
cost effectiveness of nudges and other policy
interventions.
«We had a hunch that nudging, and especially digital nudging, would be very
cost effective, but I was truly surprised to see that the
cost effectiveness of nudging is often 100, and even 1,000, times greater than more traditional
interventions,» says co-author Shlomo Benartzi, a professor at the Anderson School
of Management at the University
of California, Los Angeles.
The increase in longevity, especially in high - income countries (HICs), has been largely due to the decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease (stroke and ischaemic heart disease), mainly because
of simple,
cost - effective strategies to reduce tobacco use and high blood pressure, and improved coverage and
effectiveness of health
interventions.
The
cost -
effectiveness ratio
of this
intervention was $ 33,700 per QALY gained.
The model used a fixed time horizon
of 20 years to estimate
costs and effects, which is likely to give conservative estimates
of cost -
effectiveness of the
interventions.
Such comprehensive improvements would
cost an estimated $ 96 billion, according to the model, but could reduce HIV incidence in the U.S. by 54 percent and the mortality rate by 64 percent, at a
cost -
effectiveness ratio
of $ 45,300 per quality - adjusted life year, or QALY, a standard economic measure
of the value
of a medical
intervention.
Researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have used a disease modeling approach to analyze the
cost and
effectiveness of interventions aimed at bovine tuberculosis among cattle in Morocco.
The researchers also determined a hierarchy
of effectiveness versus
cost for these
intervention strategies.
In a review
of existing literature, Marteau did find descriptions
of nudging being used to improve health behaviors — one study reports a 70 % increase in the amount
of fruit bought by school children at lunchtime after fruit was placed by the cash register — but these
interventions have not been evaluated on a large scale or assessed for
cost -
effectiveness.
This analysis did not attempt to account for the vast
cost reductions
of potentially avoided
interventions, including cesareans and their complications, which would make the case for the
cost -
effectiveness of midwifery - led care in Washington State even stronger.
Finally, DC should better collect and organize data on other programs to compare the
cost -
effectiveness of OSP to other
interventions aimed at low - income students.
This study evaluated the
effectiveness of a low -
cost and large - scale summer reading
intervention that provided comprehension lessons at the end
of the school year and stimulated home - based summer reading routines with narrative and informational books.
Administrators and staff need good information on the
costs as well as the
effectiveness of dropout prevention
interventions.
Designed as a system
intervention, Reading Recovery demonstrates
cost effectiveness by returning two - thirds or more
of the children to average performance levels in all countries.
This can be illustrated by drawing upon existing data on the economic
costs of mental illness and the treatment
effectiveness of interventions.
To fill this gap, we will need studies
of complex
interventions that span several sectors — not just the health sector — informed by neurobiological and genomic research, and parallel evaluations
of cost -
effectiveness.
Evaluating the translation process
of an internet - based self - help
intervention for prevention
of depression: a
cost -
effectiveness analysis.
This study allows one to assess the (
cost --RRB-
effectiveness of an internet - based
intervention for reducing co-occurring alcohol misuse and depression symptoms simultaneously.
Methods and analysis This paper presents the protocol for a 3 - arm multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test the efficacy and
cost -
effectiveness of the combined internet - based self - help
intervention Take Care
of You (TCOY) to reduce alcohol misuse and depression symptoms in comparison with a waiting list control group and a comparable
intervention focusing on problematic alcohol use only.
Randomized controlled trial
of computerized cognitive behavioural therapy for depressive symptoms:
effectiveness and
costs of a workplace
intervention.
Efficacy and
cost -
effectiveness of a clinic - based counseling
intervention tested in an ethnically diverse sample
of pregnant smokers
The importance
of early
interventions that target caregiving is underscored by studies demonstrating high
cost -
effectiveness through greatly enhanced long - term outcomes.41 Furthermore, children who receive more nurturing caregiving may also be protected from exposure to stressful life events, suggesting this central target may have positive ramifications on brain development.42 Considering these issues, study findings are relevant to the public policy debate on the importance
of early preschool programs for young children living in poverty.
Comparing the clinical -
effectiveness and
cost -
effectiveness of an internet - delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
intervention with a waiting list control among adults with chronic pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Future research is needed to determine 1) the
cost -
effectiveness of the COPE
intervention, 2) whether its effects can be strengthened by including fathers, 3) whether its effects can be strengthened with additional
intervention sessions 1 and 3 months after hospital discharge, and 4) whether similar positive effects can be obtained if the program is delivered to parents
of younger and older children and parents whose critically ill children have chronic and / or terminal conditions.
Methods: This study is a two - arm, parallel group, researcher - blind, randomized controlled trial, to test the clinical
effectiveness and
cost -
effectiveness of a parenting
intervention, Video Feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP - SD) for parents of young children (12 — 36 months) at risk of behavioural d
intervention, Video Feedback
Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP - SD) for parents of young children (12 — 36 months) at risk of behavioural d
Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP - SD) for parents
of young children (12 — 36 months) at risk
of behavioural difficulties.
An economic evaluation will also be carried out to assess the
cost -
effectiveness of the
intervention compared to treatment as usual.
Objective To examine the incremental
cost -
effectiveness of a group cognitive behavioral
intervention to prevent depression in adolescent offspring
of depressed parents.
The aim
of the proposed study was to assess the efficacy and
cost -
effectiveness of accessible and affordable psychological
interventions for distressed cancer patients and carers who contact community based Cancer Helplines.
Although the
cost effectiveness of different family and parenting
interventions was not evaluated, multisystemic therapy was highlighted as a resource intensive
intervention.
Given the likely lower
cost of targeted pediatric primary care
interventions compared with home - based programs, 34
cost -
effectiveness analyses will be needed to better understand implications for public health policy.
This article presents an incremental
cost -
effectiveness analysis
of the group cognitive behavioral
intervention relative to usual care, from the societal perspective, for 1 year after the
intervention.
Psychoeducation with problem - solving (PEPS) therapy for adults with personality disorder: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to determine the clinical
effectiveness and
cost -
effectiveness of a manualised
intervention to improve social functioning.
We therefore have to compare the
cost -
effectiveness of this
intervention with the
cost -
effectiveness of other depression treatments for adults.
We could also evaluate this
intervention by comparing its
cost -
effectiveness with that
of similar
interventions.
The trial will also allow exploratory analyses
of the
effectiveness of the IY - ASLD programme compared with the control condition as well as the economic
costs, including
intervention set - up, delivery
costs, participant health and social care service use, and parental health - related quality
of life.
The two studies demonstrated evidence
of cost -
effectiveness of parenting
interventions.
It contributes to improvements in health care and public health by providing information about disease trends, risk and protective factors, patterns
of care and health care
costs, developing new therapies and treatments, and assessing the
effectiveness of health
interventions.
An
Effectiveness Study
of The Bookworm Project: A University - School Partnership Providing a Low -
Cost, Research - Based Early Reading
Intervention for At - Risk Kindergartners
We are aware
of only a few evaluations
of the
effectiveness and
cost -
effectiveness of such
interventions.
Individual studies and reviews suggest that high - quality parenting
interventions delivered to families within the indicated and selective populations can mitigate problems at a relatively low
cost.2, 10, 11, 24 — 30 The
effectiveness of individual universal
interventions has been evaluated, but no reviews currently exist
of universal
interventions aimed at supporting parents with infants aged 0 — 12 months.
Shorter
interventions have demonstrated greater
cost effectiveness in relation to risk and protective factors, most agencies choose to serve families intensively for 3 months (post assessment) with the option
of delivering another 3 months
of intervention if family circumstances indicate high need.
Cost - Effectiveness and cost - utility of Psychosocial Intervention in Patients with Schizophrenia: a systematic review of quantitative evide
Cost -
Effectiveness and
cost - utility of Psychosocial Intervention in Patients with Schizophrenia: a systematic review of quantitative evide
cost - utility
of Psychosocial
Intervention in Patients with Schizophrenia: a systematic review
of quantitative evidence.
Future research should further investigate the relative efficacy and
cost -
effectiveness of SD
interventions compared to therapist - led
interventions.
Cost effectiveness of a school readiness
intervention for foster children.