Modeling health impact of global health programs implemented by Population Services International.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global health implementing organizations benefit most from health impact estimation models that isolate the individual effects of distributed products and services - a feature not typically found in intervention impact models, but which allow comparisons across interventions and intervention settings. Population Services International (PSI), a social marketing organization, has developed a set of impact models covering seven health program areas, which translate product/service distribution data into impact estimates. Each model's primary output is the number of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) averted by an intervention within a specific country and population context. This paper aims to describe the structure and inputs for two types of DALYs averted models, cons

SUBMITTER: Yang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3684543 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature