The Economics for Policy Seminar Series

Summary:

Hosted by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), this presentation highlights the priorities, goals, and activities of OADP’s Policy Research, Analysis, and Development Office (PRADO), and reveals how PRADO uses innovative approaches to help estimate the health, economic, and budgetary impacts of policy interventions, and inform the prioritization of health policies. As an example, the presentation features results from a scenario-based model developed by PRADO to help explore the potential impacts of reaching the 65% nationwide blood pressure control target of the Million Hearts® initiative.

RELATED LINKS

• OADP Homepage
• Million Hearts® Home Page

Summary:

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is a group of medical and public health experts that provides input to the Director of the CDC on how to use vaccines to control diseases in the United States. Data on cost-effectiveness and other economic impacts are often used by ACIP members to support the development of recommendations for vaccination strategies. This presentation provides an overview of guidance developed by the economists at CDC to ensure that the economic data used by ACIP is understandable, of the highest quality, and uniform in presentation.

RELATED LINKS

• ACIP Homepage
• ACIP Charter
• Guidance for Health Economics Studies Presented to the ACIP

Summary:

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is a group of medical and public health experts that provides advice and guidance to the Director of the CDC on how to use vaccines to control diseases in the United States. This presentation looks at how analyses conducted by CDC economists have supported ACIP recommendations regarding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination strategies in recent years.

RELATED LINKS

• ACIP Homepage
• ACIP Charter
• Guidance for Health Economics Studies Presented to the ACIP