Preparing for animal health emergencies: considerations for economic evaluation

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dc.contributor.authorAdamson, D.
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, W.
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, K.
dc.contributor.authorDonachie, D.
dc.contributor.authorRushton, J.
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractLivestock production systems and the societies in which they are embedded face a set of risks presented by infectious diseases and natural and human-made disasters which compromise animal health. Within this set, threats are posed by natural, deliberate and accidental actions that can cause sudden changes in animal health status, requiring the allocation of additional resources to manage animal health. Determining the benefit of preparing for such emergencies is a challenge when the total set of risks includes the unknown. Any method for analysing the economic costs and benefits of animal health emergencies must not only accommodate this uncertainty, but make it a central feature of the analysis. Cost-benefit analysis is a key approach to economically evaluating animal health interventions. However, the value of this approach in dealing with uncertainty is often called into question. This paper makes the case that, by restricting the outcomes of an emergency event to specified states of nature, boundaries can be placed on the uncertainty space, allowing cost-benefit analysis to be performed. This method, which merges state-contingent analysis with cost-benefit analysis, is presented here. Further discussion on the economic characteristics of emergency events, and the nature of the threats posed to animal health systems, is also provided.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityD. Adamson, W. Gilbert, K. Hamilton, D. Donachie and J. Rushton
dc.identifier.citationOIE Revue Scientifique et Technique, 2020; 39(2):625-635
dc.identifier.doi10.20506/rst.39.2.3112
dc.identifier.issn0253-1933
dc.identifier.issn1608-0637
dc.identifier.orcidAdamson, D. [0000-0003-1616-968X]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/135998
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherO.I.E (World Organisation for Animal Health)
dc.rights© OIE, 2020. Open Access
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.20506/rst.39.2.3112
dc.subjectAgroterrorism; Cost–benefit analysis; Emergency; Risk; State-contingent analysis; Uncertainty
dc.subject.meshAnimals
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshCommunicable Diseases
dc.subject.meshEmergencies
dc.subject.meshDisasters
dc.subject.meshCost-Benefit Analysis
dc.subject.meshLivestock
dc.titlePreparing for animal health emergencies: considerations for economic evaluation
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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