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Cost analysis and Return on Investment in Public Health Workshop Paul Brown UC Merced Purpose Being able to quantify the cost and benefits from health care interventions is critically important for making decisions in todays healthcare


  1. Cost analysis and Return on Investment in Public Health Workshop Paul Brown UC Merced

  2. Purpose • Being able to quantify the cost and benefits from health care interventions is critically important for making decisions in today’s healthcare environment. • To help Public Health Departments understand how to measure and incorporate costs and health outcomes into their decision making, we are offering a two day workshop: • Day 1 – Cost analysis and budget impact analysis for Public Health Programs • Day 2 – Return on Investment and cost effectiveness analysis for Public Health programs 2

  3. Proposed dates… • September 24 th and 25 th • At UC Merced • Cost: $100 per day – Includes parking and food – Does not include accommodations or travel – CDPH has indicated that they can provide some financial support for 1422 and 1305 sub-awardees 3

  4. Day 1 – Cost Analysis • Presenters: – Paul Brown, Professor of Health Economics and Public Health – Van Do-Reynoso, Director of Public Health, Santa Barbara County • Topics covered: – Overview of costing methodologies (Resource based costing, costing of hospital services using OSHPD data, and costing of caregivers and informal care) – How to cost Public Health programs and interventions and develop a cost of illness analysis or budget impact analysis • Outcomes: – Understanding approaches and techniques for conducting a cost if of illness or budget impact analysis 4

  5. Day 2 – Return on Investment • Presenters: – Paul Brown, Professor of Health Economics and Public Health • Topics covered: – Options for measuring outcomes or benefits from Public Health programs and interventions – Combining cost and outcome information to identify the Return on Investment or Cost Effectiveness of the intervention – Place of this information from Public Health programs and interventions • Outcomes: – Understanding of approaches and techniques for quantifying outcomes from Public Health programs and interventions – Knowledge of how to combine this information into decision making using Return on Investment or Cost Effectiveness analysis 5

  6. Follow-up for participating organizations – Project • Public Health Departments will be asked to bring a project – Cost analysis and/or Return on Investment • UC Merced researcher will work with Public Health Department over subsequent months • Reconvene in early December to review results 6

  7. Follow-up for participating organizations – Additional Training • October 8 th to 11 th • Advanced training in cost effectiveness analysis – Training using Excel and TreeAge • Aimed at fiscal analysts and technically proficient members of PH Departments • Cost – $300 plus TreeAge Software License (approximately $250) 7

  8. Questions… 8

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