Gates Foundation calls for more principled cost-effectiveness in health

Damian Walker, Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explains why they need better economic evaluations

This is a post by Amanda Glassman reproduced with permission of the Center for Global Development

Cost-effectiveness studies compare the costs and benefits of different interventions with the aim of improving decisions on the allocation of scarce resources for health.  Or, put simply, they allow policy-makers to set priorities for health spending and consider how the next dollar available can get more health for the money. 

The Gates Reference Case is launched at the Houses of Parliament, London

Tommy Wilkinson, Adviser at NICE International, presents the Gates Reference Case

NICE International launches the Gates Reference Case, a principle-based standardised methodology for good practice in the planning, conduct and reporting of economic evaluation for informing priority setting in health.