Disease Management and Cost Effectiveness Analysis

Question 1

Cost benefit analysis

Answer 1

= Estimates the economic viability of an investment when both benefits and costs are estimated in monetary terms

• common production species
• esasy to identify cost to control disease
• beneficial cost e.g increased production

example foot and mouth in denmark week 12 lecture powerpoint

Question 2

Cost effectiveness analysis

Answer 2

= Estimates the economic viability of an investment when costs are estimated in monetary terms and benefits expressed as a targeted outcome (e.g. avoiding deaths, reducing threat to public health)
Benefits should ideally outweigh the costs
- welfare, enviro e.g. welfare animals solitary - rest of animals = greater benefit compromise short term welfare safe/unifectedconfinement, impact on huma health

Question 3

Examples of costs

Answer 3

• Financial
• Time/labour
• Loss of production
• Welfare of animal
• Welfare of staff/family
• Welfare of the public
• Threat to public health
• Animal health implications
• Loss of genetic lines
• Public/profession perception - remain informed and manage, confident no threat to them and pets
• Loss of stock (potential loss of livelihood - welfare implication) notifiable
• Health status (production aniamls)
• Effect on ecosystems/environment
• Disruption of trade - not able to move freely around uk

Question 4

What do you need to know about a disease or a unit before you can develop a control plan?

Answer 4

Unit considerations and Disease considerations

Should also consider Costs and Benefits
Are the recommendations in the control plan beneficial or costly?

Question 5

How can cost benefit analyses differ

Answer 5

• Different considerations of costs
• Changing costs (currently research ongoing to develop more cost effective FMD vaccines)
• Country of disease
• Resources available