Assessing the expenditure distribution of animal health surveillance: the case of Great Britain

Drewe, Julian Ashley; Rushton, Jonathan; Stärk, K. D. C.

doi:10.1136/vr.101846

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“…Surveillance spending in the UK is heavily focused on cattle, primarily due to bovine TB, with only 2 per cent spent on small ruminants (Drewe and others 2014) (Fig 1). When surveillance spend was compared by livestock units, sheep and goats were the least funded animals at £0.39 per 12.5 animals compared to £0.79 per 3.3 pigs and £2.07 per 588 chickens (Drewe and others 2014).…”

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Safeguarding the role of the vet in sheep farming

Lovatt

2015

Veterinary Record

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Safeguarding the role of the vet in sheep farming

Lovatt

2015

Veterinary Record

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“…Guidance on the elements to be considered when assessing costs of surveillance and control programmes have been proposed (The World Health Organization, ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ; Drewe et al., ; Calba et al., ) and have been described in detail by authors in disease specific scenarios (Somda et al., ; Häsler et al., ).…”

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“…These data can then be used in the context of analytical approaches such as cost-benefit analysis, where outcomes of the assessment are expressed in monetary terms, or costeffectiveness analysis and cost-utility analysis, in which the outcomes monetary costs are expressed per unit of effect of interest (Drummond et al, 2005;Guiness and Wiseman, 2011). The results of these analyses will allow the comparison of additional costs with both monetary and non-monetary outcomes of surveillance conducted in cross-sectoral way.…”

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Economic Assessment of Zoonoses Surveillance in a ‘One Health’ Context: A Conceptual Framework

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Rushton

Stärk

2015

Zoonoses and Public Health

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Collaboration between animal and public health sectors has been highlighted as a means to improve the management of zoonotic threats. This includes surveillance systems for zoonoses, where enhanced cross-sectoral integration and sharing of information are seen as key to improved public health outcomes. Yet, there is a lack of evidence on the economic returns of such collaboration, particularly in the development and implementation of surveillance programmes. The economic assessment of surveillance in this context needs to be underpinned by the understanding of the links between zoonotic disease surveillance in animal populations and the wider public health disease mitigation process and how these relations impact on the costs and benefits of the surveillance activities. This study presents a conceptual framework of these links as a basis for the economic assessment of cross-sectoral zoonoses surveillance with the aim of supporting the prioritization of resource allocation to surveillance. In the proposed framework, monetary, non-monetary and intermediate or intangible cost components and benefit streams of three conceptually distinct stages of zoonotic disease mitigation are identified. In each stage, as the final disease mitigation objective varies so does the use of surveillance information generated in the animal populations for public health decision-making. Consequently, the associated cost components and benefit streams also change. Building on the proposed framework and taking into account these links, practical steps for its application are presented and future challenges are discussed.

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“…"Surveillance" has emerged as a discipline in its own right, rather than just another field within the epidemiologist's province (1). Systems, methods, data and designs have been reviewed and evaluated [ (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9), amongst others]. This activity has been driven by a number of parties for a variety of reasons.…”

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Improving the Utility of Voluntary Ovine Fallen Stock Collection and Laboratory Diagnostic Submission Data for Animal Health Surveillance Purposes: A Development Cycle

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There are calls from policy-makers and industry to use existing data sources to contribute to livestock surveillance systems, especially for syndromic surveillance. However, the practical implications of attempting to use such data sources are challenging; development often requires incremental steps in an iterative cycle. In this study the utility of business operational data from a voluntary fallen stock collection service was investigated, to determine if they could be used as a proxy for the mortality experienced by the British sheep population. Retrospectively, Scottish ovine fallen stock collection data (2011-2014) were transformed into meaningful units for analysis, temporal and spatial patterns were described, time-series methods and a temporal aberration detection algorithm applied. Distinct annual and spatial trends plus seasonal patterns were observed in the three age groups investigated. The algorithm produced an alarm at the point of an historic known departure from normal (April 2013) for two age groups, across Scotland as a whole and in specific postcode areas. The analysis was then extended. Initially, to determine if similar methods could be applied to ovine fallen stock collections from England and Wales for the same time period. Additionally, Scottish contemporaneous laboratory diagnostic submission data were analyzed to see if they could provide further insight for interpretation of statistical alarms. Collaboration was required between the primary data holders, those with industry sector knowledge, plus veterinary, epidemiological and statistical expertise, in order to turn data and analytical outcomes into potentially useful information. A number of limitations were identified and recommendations were made as to how some could be addressed in order to facilitate use of these data as surveillance "intelligence." e.g., improvements to data collection and provision. A recent update of the fallen stock collections data has enabled a longer temporal period to be analyzed, with evidence of changes made in line with the recommendations. Further development will be required before a functional system can be implemented. However, there is potential for use of these data as: a proxy measure for mortality in the sheep population; complementary components in a future surveillance system, and to inform the design of additional surveillance system components.

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Assessing the expenditure distribution of animal health surveillance: the case of Great Britain

Cited by 14 publications

References 4 publications

Safeguarding the role of the vet in sheep farming

Safeguarding the role of the vet in sheep farming

Economic Assessment of Zoonoses Surveillance in a ‘One Health’ Context: A Conceptual Framework

Improving the Utility of Voluntary Ovine Fallen Stock Collection and Laboratory Diagnostic Submission Data for Animal Health Surveillance Purposes: A Development Cycle

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