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Economic Cases for NCD Prevention and Control: A Global Perspective

Published May 7, 2020 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

Economic Cases for NCD Prevention and Control expands the evidence base on the economic burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the impact of NCD prevention and control programs globally. This Collection highlights investment cases, economic evaluations of interventions, and economic impacts on households, health systems, and nations. This Collection was produced by the International NCD Economics Research Network, a coalition of academic, governmental, and non-governmental partners, chaired by Centers for Disease Control and Protection, RTI International, and University of Illinois, Chicago.

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Guest Editors
Introduction
Economic Evaluation and Investment Cases
Household Resource Allocation
Risk Factor Policies

Guest Editors

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Rachel Nugent, Ph.D.

Rachel Nugent, Ph.D. Rachel Nugent, Ph.D.
January 29, 2019 Economic Cases for NCD Prevention and Control: A Global Perspective

Introduction

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PLOS ONE Introducing the PLOS special collection of economic cases for NCD prevention and control: A global perspective
February 6, 2020 Rachel A. Nugent, Muhammad Jami Husain, Deliana Kostova, Frank Chaloupka
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PLOS Channels & Collections Blog Introducing the Economic Cases for NCD Prevention and Control Collection – PLOS Collections
January 29, 2019 Rachel Nugent

Economic Evaluation and Investment Cases

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PLOS ONE The macroeconomic burden of noncommunicable diseases in the United States: Estimates and projections
November 1, 2018 Simiao Chen, Michael Kuhn, Klaus Prettner, David E. Bloom
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Chris Sampson, Flickr

PLOS ONE Use of healthcare services and expenditure in the US in 2025: The effect of obesity and morbid obesity
November 7, 2018 Michele Cecchini
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Marco Verch, Flickr

PLOS ONE How much for a broken heart? Costs of cardiovascular disease in Colombia using a person-based approach
December 19, 2018 Sandra Camacho, Juan Bustamante, Blanca Llorente, Enriqueta Cueto, Fabián Cardona, Carlos Arango, Norman Maldonado
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PLOS ONE The short-term effect of BMI, alcohol use, and related chronic conditions on labour market outcomes: A time-lag panel analysis utilizing European SHARE dataset
March 11, 2019 Andrea B. Feigl, Yevgeniy Goryakin, Marion Devaux, Aliénor Lerouge, Sabine Vuik, Michele Cecchini
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rawpixel, Pixabay

PLOS ONE Projecting burden of hypertension and its management in Turkey, 2015-2030
September 11, 2019 Ayda Yurekli, Nazmi Bilir, Muhammad Jami Husain
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10.1371/journal.pone.0223412

PLOS ONE The investment case as a mechanism for addressing the NCD burden: Evaluating the NCD institutional context in Jamaica, and the return on investment of select interventions
October 4, 2019 Brian Hutchinson, Roy Small, Kofi Acquah, Rosa Sandoval, Rachel Nugent, Delia Itziar Belausteguigoitia, Nicholas Banatvala, Douglas Webb, Dudley Tarlton, Alexey Kulikov, Elisa Prieto, Karin Santi

Household Resource Allocation

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10.1371/journal.pone.0205120

PLOS ONE The crowding-out effect of tobacco expenditure on household spending patterns in Bangladesh
October 9, 2018 Muhammad Jami Husain, Biplab Kumar Datta, Mandeep K. Virk-Baker, Mark Parascandola, Bazlul Haque Khondker
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Muhammad Jami Husain

PLOS ONE Consumption displacement in households with noncommunicable diseases in Bangladesh
December 13, 2018 Biplab Kumar Datta, Muhammad Jami Husain, Sohani Fatehin, Deliana Kostova

Risk Factor Policies

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PLOS ONE Cost-effectiveness of risk stratified medication management for reducing premature cardiovascular mortality in Kenya
June 25, 2019 Sujha Subramanian, Rainer Hilscher, Robai Gakunga, Breda Munoz, Elijah Ogola
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Couleur, Pixabay

PLOS ONE Public finances and tobacco taxation with product variety: Theory and application to Senegal and Nigeria
February 14, 2019 Théophile T. Azomahou, Racky Baldé, Abdoulaye Diagne, Pape Yona Mané, Ibrahima Sory Kaba
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PLOS ONE The association between excise tax structures and the price variability of alcoholic beverages in the United States
December 27, 2018 Ce Shang, Xuening Wang, Frank J. Chaloupka
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PLOS ONE The impact of prices on alcoholic beverage consumption in Chile
October 22, 2018 Daniel Araya, Guillermo Paraje
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PLOS ONE Own-price, cross-price, and expenditure elasticities on sugar-sweetened beverages in Guatemala
October 22, 2018 Violeta Chacon, Guillermo Paraje, Joaquin Barnoya, Frank J. Chaloupka
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PLOS ONE The association between cigarette affordability and consumption: An update
December 5, 2018 Yanyun He, Ce Shang, Frank J. Chaloupka
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PLOS ONE An international analysis of the price and affordability of beer
December 17, 2018 Evan Blecher, Alex Liber, Corné Van Walbeek, Laura Rossouw
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PLOS ONE Socioeconomic patterns of smoking cessation behavior in low and middle-income countries: Emerging evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Surveys and International Tobacco Control Surveys
September 6, 2019 Nigar Nargis, Hua-Hie Yong, Pete Driezen, Lazarous Mbulo, Luhua Zhao, Geoffrey Fong, Mary Thompson, Ron Borland, Krishna Palipudi, Gary Giovino, James Thrasher, Mohammad Siahpush

This Collection was supported by TEPHINET, a program of the Task Force for Global Health, Inc., via Cooperative Agreement number NU2GGH001873, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services, The Task Force for Global Health, Inc. or TEPHINET.

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