Tagged: health interventions

NZ’s Quitline Service is value-for-money: But how does it compare with other tobacco control actions in a league table? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Aug 21, 2017 •

• BODE3,
• cost effectiveness,
• health interventions,
• QALYs,
• Quitline,
• tobacco

Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Nhung Nghiem, Dr Cristina Cleghorn, Dr Frederieke Sanne van der Deen, Prof Tony Blakely We have just published a journal article on the cost-effectiveness of NZ’s Quitline service (including its associated promotion in the mass media). The study found that this intervention package is likely to be an effective means to generate health gain, address … Read More

Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Aug 15, 2017 •

• BODE3,
• cancer,
• comparison,
• Diet,
• health gain,
• health interventions,
• League Table,
• QALY,
• Quality of life,
• salt

Prof. Tony Blakely, Prof. Nick Wilson, Dr. Giorgi Kvizhinadze, Dr. Linda Cobiac This blog introduces league tables, and more specifically the NZ-specific BODE3 Interactive League Table, for comparing interventions on health gain, cost and cost-effectiveness – and potentially many other things.  A league table is a useful tool for researchers and policy-makers to get an informed ‘first impression’ of what are … Read More