Brousselle Astrid, Benmarhnia Tarik, Benhadj Lynda
Canada Research Chair in Evaluation and Health System Improvement, Community Health Sciences Department, Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.
Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Canada.
Prev Med Rep. 2016 Jan 19;3:135-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.11.015. eCollection 2016 Jun.
Return on investment (ROI) is an economic measure used to indicate how much economic benefit is derived from a program in relation to its costs. Interest in the use of ROI in public health has grown substantially over recent years. Given its potential influence on resource allocation, it is crucial to understand the benefits and the risks of using ROI to defend public health programs. In this paper, we explore those benefits and risks. We present two recent examples of ROI use in public health in the United States and Canada and conclude with a series of proposals to minimize the risks associated with using ROI to defend public health interventions.
投资回报率(ROI)是一种经济衡量指标,用于表明一个项目相对于其成本所产生的经济效益。近年来,公共卫生领域对使用投资回报率的兴趣大幅增长。鉴于其对资源分配的潜在影响,了解使用投资回报率来捍卫公共卫生项目的益处和风险至关重要。在本文中,我们探讨了这些益处和风险。我们列举了美国和加拿大近期在公共卫生领域使用投资回报率的两个例子,并最后提出了一系列建议,以尽量减少与使用投资回报率来捍卫公共卫生干预措施相关的风险。