Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Prev Sci. 2018 Apr;19(3):366-390. doi: 10.1007/s11121-017-0858-1.
Over a decade ago, the Society for Prevention Research endorsed the first standards of evidence for research in preventive interventions. The growing recognition of the need to use limited resources to make sound investments in prevention led the Board of Directors to charge a new task force to set standards for research in analysis of the economic impact of preventive interventions. This article reports the findings of this group's deliberations, proposes standards for economic analyses, and identifies opportunities for future prevention science. Through examples, policymakers' need and use of economic analysis are described. Standards are proposed for framing economic analysis, estimating costs of prevention programs, estimating benefits of prevention programs, implementing summary metrics, handling uncertainty in estimates, and reporting findings. Topics for research in economic analysis are identified. The SPR Board of Directors endorses the "Standards of Evidence for Conducting and Reporting Economic Evaluations in Prevention Science."
十多年前，预防研究学会（SPR）认可了预防干预研究的首批证据标准。人们越来越认识到需要利用有限的资源，为预防投资做出明智的决策，这促使董事会责成一个新的工作组为预防干预措施的经济影响分析制定研究标准。本文报告了该小组审议的结果，提出了经济分析的标准，并确定了未来预防科学的机会。通过实例，描述了政策制定者对经济分析的需求和使用。提出了制定经济分析框架、估算预防计划成本、估算预防计划效益、实施总结指标、处理估计中的不确定性以及报告研究结果的标准。确定了经济分析研究的主题。SPR 理事会认可“预防科学中进行和报告经济评估的证据标准”。
