Selected Public Health Economics Publications
The following list of citations is a selection of recent publications related to public health economics research at RTI.
Burden of Disease/Cost of Illness
- The costs associated with adverse drug events among older adults in the ambulatory setting
- The costs of obesity among full-time employees
- Prevalence of, and payments for, mental health and substance abuse disorders in public and private sector health plans (Chapter 13)
- State-level estimates of annual medical expenditures attributable to obesity
- State-level estimates of annual medical expenditures attributable to obesity
- State-level estimates of annual medical expenditures attributable to obesity
- National medical spending attributable to overweight and obesity: How much, and who's paying?
- National medical spending attributable to overweight and obesity: How much, and who's paying?
Cost-Effectiveness/Cost-Utility
- Cost-effectiveness of WISEWOMAN, a program aimed at reducing heart disease risk among low-income women
- Cost-effectiveness of WISEWOMAN, a program aimed at reducing heart disease risk among low-income women
- Cost-effectiveness of osteoporosis screening and treatment with hormone replacement therapy, raloxifene, or alendronate
- Cost-effectiveness of osteoporosis screening and treatment with hormone replacement therapy, raloxifene, or alendronate
- An evaluation of cost sharing to finance a diet and physical activity intervention to prevent diabetes
- An evaluation of cost sharing to finance a diet and physical activity intervention to prevent diabetes
- Pros and cons of proposed interventions to promote healthy eating
- Pros and cons of proposed interventions to promote healthy eating
- Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cost-effectiveness analysis
- Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cost-effectiveness analysis
- Evaluation of public health demonstration programs: The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of WISEWOMAN
Cost-Benefit and Other Economic Evaluations
- A comparison of the case-control and case-crossover designs for estimating medical costs of nonfatal fall-related injuries among older Americans
- A cost-benefit simulation model of coverage for bariatric surgery among full-time employees
- The role of price, sociodemographic factors, and health in the demand for bariatric surgery