Table 1

HsW (Health-sector wide) model framework

Disease stage Target population

Disease or health problem

Total budget allocated to disease stage

Musculoskeletal

CVD

Cancers

Endocrine

Etc ........

OA RA

CHD stroke

Lung, Breast, CRC

IDDM NIDDM

Primary prevention Persons at risk

Early diagnosis Persons undiagnosed

Management Persons with established disease

Palliative care Persons in terminal phase

Total budget allocated to prevention and management

Notes: OA osteoarthritis, RA Rheumatoid arthritis, CVD cardio-vascular disease, CHD coronary heart disease, CRC colorectal cancer, IDDM insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 1), NIDDM non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2).

Segal and Mortimer Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2006 4:6   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-4-6