AUTHOR=Rabarison Kristina M. , Bish Connie L. , Massoudi Mehran S. , Giles Wayne H. TITLE=Economic Evaluation Enhances Public Health Decision Making JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=3 YEAR=2015 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00164 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2015.00164 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=

Contemporary public health professionals must address the health needs of a diverse population with constrained budgets and shrinking funds. Economic evaluation contributes to evidence-based decision making by helping the public health community identify, measure, and compare activities with the necessary impact, scalability, and sustainability to optimize population health. Asking “how do investments in public health strategies influence or offset the need for downstream spending on medical care and/or social services?” is important when making decisions about resource allocation and scaling of interventions.