Open AccessEconomic analysis of nutrition interventions for chronic disease prevention: methods, research, and policy
Author(s) -
Wong John B,
Coates Paul M,
Russell Robert M,
Dwyer Johanna T,
Schuttinga James A,
Bowman Barbara A,
Peterson Sarah A
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nutrition reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.958
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1753-4887
pISSN - 0029-6643
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00412.x
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , reimbursement , health economics , government (linguistics) , health policy , health care , guideline , political science , medicine , public economics , public relations , economic growth , business , economics , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , law
Increased interest in the potential societal benefit of incorporating health economics as a part of clinical translational science, particularly nutrition interventions, led the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health to sponsor a conference to address key questions about the economic analysis of nutrition interventions to enhance communication among health economic methodologists, researchers, reimbursement policy makers, and regulators. Issues discussed included the state of the science, such as what health economic methods are currently used to judge the burden of illness, interventions, or healthcare policies, and what new research methodologies are available or needed to address knowledge and methodological gaps or barriers. Research applications included existing evidence‐based health economic research activities in nutrition that are ongoing or planned at federal agencies. International and US regulatory, policy, and clinical practice perspectives included a discussion of how research results can help regulators and policy makers within government make nutrition policy decisions, and how economics affects clinical guideline development.