Economic Impacts of DBN

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what are the 3 catergories of economkic impacts of DBN?

healthcare costs, educational insufficiencies and lower productivity

what are the economic impacts of overnutrition?

can lead to health limitations which reduces contribution to the economy
overnutrition can lead to NCD leading to a rise in healthcare costs and mortality and reduced contribution to the economy.
overnutrition can result in poor school attendance, leading to poor educational attainment leading to a lower contribution to the economy

what are the economic impacts of undernutrition

lower educational attainment leading to loss in earning potential
rise in pregnancy complications leading to a rise in healthcare costs
poor cognitive development leading to late school entry/ early drop out and lower educational attainment which results in a lower contribution to the economy

what are the challenges of trial based economic evaluation of DBN interventions

<ol> <li>DBN covers both under and overnutritio so its hard to determine what the outcome measure should be. 2.both obesity and undernutrition are evaluated differently and there's no combination in evaluation</li> <li>separate economic evaluations cannot account for effects which could support or diminish the effectiveness of an intervention in the presence of obesity and undernutrition together.</li> <li>not a lot of models which look at the economic impact of different forms of nutrition exist</li> <li>there's limited data that looks at different forms of nutrition within the same population</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

what are decision models and how is data collected?

decision models are a representation of the real world that compares interventions but considers uncertainty. data can be collected from clinical trial or observational studies or large patient registries like the NHS reference costs. outcome data such as quality of life can be collected from individual studies Signup and view all the answers

what are the two main decision models used and in what context are they used

decision tree - used to model non-chronic disease markov model - used to model chronic disease Signup and view all the answers

what are the advantages of decision modelling

<ul> <li>allows for comparison of many models where direct evidence doesn't exist</li> <li>can use multiple sources of evidence for decision making</li> <li>allows incorporation of uncertainty into decision making</li> </ul> Signup and view all the answers