The Economic Evaluation of One Health Interventions

In this chapter, you explore the basics of economic assessments in One Health initiatives addressing key questions such as why these assessments are important for One Health implementation and what they entail. You learn about how to conceptualize economic evaluations of One Health and delve into the costs and benefits associated with One Health interventions, covering tangible and intangible costs, market prices of resources, and the evaluation of benefits over time. You get to know various economic evaluation methods that can help to provide insights into how these methods quantify the economic value of interventions. Furthermore, you engage with dierent metrics and valuation approaches and how to address the challenge of uncertainty through sensitivity analyses, ensuring obustness in your conclusions for decision making. Finally, you learn about wider dimensions including dierent economic paradigms, financing and funding.