The Economic Evaluation and Analysis (EEA) team assists countries to collect, evaluate and introduce economic evidence into health policy. Cognizant from the start of resource constraints in countries at whatever income level, prioritization with a focus on allocative and technical efficiency is a key work area. Addressing the resource allocation decisions that policymakers regularly face, the work area on value for money and prioritization also includes considerations of health system feasibility, costs and budget impact, and an assessment of the contribution of improved health to the economy. EEA also measures and evaluates the impact of health financing and other policies on universal health coverage, specifically on equity and on financial protection. All these are accomplished by leading, advocating, and developing methods, tools, and standards, by increasing country capacity, and by providing technical assistance to countries to produce and to use economic evidence.
Our work
This includes work on Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, WHO-CHOICE, the UHC Compendium, and the global survey on HTA and Health Benefit Packages.
This includes work on global price tags, such as that for Sustainable Development Goal 3 and for primary health care, work on technical efficiency of health systems, and a global database for prices, quantities and more. Tools available include the OneHealth Tool and AccessMod.
This line of work takes a broader perspective on health and the health sector, looking at the economic burden of ill-health and the value of investing in health systems.
This encompasses a broad range of work including cost-effectiveness analyses, parliamentary outreach and management of an inter-agency coalition on health taxes.
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All →IntroductionIn 2019, the Seventy-second World Health Assembly requested the WHO Director-General to prepare a menu of policy options and cost-effective...
Health policy makers around the world have long shown interest in the value created by health systems and this preoccupation will likely only intensify...
It is increasing apparent that countries are finding it difficult to finance their universal health coverage goals. They must generate more...
No country in the world is able to provide every health service to everyone. Choices must be made on the path to universal health coverage. By changing...
Social and physical distancing and restrictions on international travel (thereafter “social and movement measures”) have been introduced to...
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All →World Health Organization Choosing Interventions that are Cost-Effective (WHO CHOICE) has been a programme of the WHO for 20 years. In this latest update,...
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Economic Evaluation and Analysis (EEA)
Department of Health systems Governance and Financing (HGF)
World Health Organization
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CH 1211 Geneva 27
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