Incarceration of offenders has proven to be a serious and persistent problem for criminal justice and public health systems. These systems must balance punishment and rehabilitation while simultaneously dealing with a high prevalence of psychosocial problems among criminal offenders, which contribute to the likelihood of ending up back in prison (i.e., recidivism). The cycle of
Introduction There has been a growing use of quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) in the assessment of the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions. There are now many agencies around the world using evidence on the incremental cost per QALY to inform reimbursement decisions or clinical guidelines. The QALY provides a metric for valuing the impact of healthcare interventions
Introduction Health sector programs often have important policy objectives relating to the reduction of unfair health inequality, as well as the improvement of total population health. Health inequality reduction objectives are particularly common in public health decision-making, for example, in relation to screening and vaccination programs, and are sometimes also relevant to decisions regarding the