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Using Economic Evaluation to Hasten Health Equity
Maria Isabel Roldós1,2, Nancy Breen3
1City University of New York (CUNY) Institute for Health Equity, Bronx, New York, USA.
Health Equity
|December 15, 2021
Summary
Achieving health equity requires focusing on socioeconomic factors and context, not just individual behavior. Economic evaluation tools can help policymakers use health disparity evidence to guide effective health equity strategies.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Economics
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Health equity remains a significant challenge.
- Existing research often overemphasizes individual behavior change.
- Policy decisions frequently lack integration of health disparity evidence.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify reasons for the elusiveness of health equity.
- To highlight the importance of socioeconomic factors and contextual policies.
- To introduce economic evaluation tools for informing policy decisions.
Main Methods:
- Review of research approaches in health equity.
- Discussion of policy-relevant health disparity science.
- Introduction to economic evaluation tools: quality of life surveys and cost-benefit analysis.
Main Results:
- Policies addressing socioeconomic factors and context are more effective than individual behavior change.
- Health disparity evidence is underutilized in policy-making.
- Economic evaluation tools can bridge the gap between research and policy.
Conclusions:
- Shifting focus from individual behavior to policy and context is crucial for health equity.
- Systematic use of economic evaluation tools can enhance evidence-based policy.
- Integrating socioeconomic factors and health disparity science is key to achieving health equity.
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