Developing policy analytics for public health strategy and decisions-the Sheffield alcohol policy model framework

Annals of Operations Research
Alan BrennanDaniel Hill-Macmanus

Abstract

This paper sets out the development of a methodological framework for detailed evaluation of public health strategies for alcohol harm reduction to meet UK policy-makers needs. Alcohol is known to cause substantial harms, and controlling its affordability and availability are effective policy options. Analysis and synthesis of a variety of public and commercial data sources is needed to evaluate impact on consumers, health services, crime, employers and industry, so a sound evaluation of impact is important. We discuss the iterative process to engage with stakeholders, identify evidence/data and develop analytic approaches and produce a final model structure. We set out a series of steps in modelling impact including: classification and definition of population subgroups of interest, identification and definition of harms and outcomes for inclusion, classification of modifiable components of risk and their baseline values, specification of the baseline position on policy variables especially prices, estimating effects of changing policy variables on risk factors including price elasticities, quantifying risk functions relating risk factors to harms including 47 health conditions, crimes, absenteeism and unemployment, and moneta...Continue Reading

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Jul 25, 2017·Addiction·Yorghos ApostolopoulosKristen Hassmiller Lich
Oct 2, 2014·Health Economics·Alan BrennanJohn Holmes
Nov 29, 2021·The Medical Journal of Australia·Katherine M ConigraveEmily Banks

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