The Business Plan Developer
notes your
interest in
using such metrics as
QALY and
TTU -
a)
for "allocative efficiency" - determining the optimal mix of health
services and analysis of the drivers or incentives that can
facilitate evidenced-based resource shifts; and
b) developing/applying a population-based approach to priority setting,
together with large scale cost-effectiveness analysis.
The purpose of providing this
Further Follow-up Letter to
Professor Leonie Segal dated 7
June 2009, together
with 2 CDs "as at 7
June 2009" is -
(i) the
Executive
Summary
has been substantially overhauled
so
Section
III snapshots under 33 points the
entire
YELP
Holistic
Hub
First Business Plan
with -
(a)
pertinent political/social considerations
highlighted in
pink;
and
(b)
other salient benefits highlighted in
light blue;
and
(ii)
YELP
accords
with House of Representatives Standing Committee
on Health and Ageing report
"Weighing it up -
Obesity in Australia" - May
2009,
in particular:
• economic modelling
(Return On YELP Capex Software)
in order to establish the cost
implications of
Obesity and the cost-benefits of various
interventions (YELP
is an intervention)
• regular and ongoing surveillance and monitoring of
Australians’ weight, diet and physical activity levels,
and that the data gathered is used to formulate, develop
and evaluate long-term policy responses
(Array Of Reports For The YELP Pilot &
Primary Research Programme)
• Committee recommends that the Federal Government
work with all levels of government and the private
sector to develop nationally
consistent urban planning guidelines which focus on
creating environments that encourage Australians to be
healthy and active
(YELP SPV is a
JV PPP)
• Minister for Health and Ageing fund research
into the causes of
Obesity
(Negligent
Lifestyle Behaviour) and
the success or otherwise of interventions to reduce overweight and
Obesity
(YELP
is an intervention)
• Minister for Health and Ageing encourage
private and public employers to adopt programs and
incentives that will promote active and healthy
lifestyle choices by all Australians within the
workplace (YELP SPV PPP
comprises
Four
Public Sector Equity Holders and
12 Private Sector Equity
Holders who employ hundreds of thousands of Australians); and
(iii) Arthritis
has been added as the
Fifteen Problem
where
for some suffers of
Arthritis, particularly those overweight, intervention with a
MREA
may well
decrease pain, keep joints
more mobile, increase muscle strength, strengthen bones and ligaments, prevent joint
deformities, reduce body weight, increase
Personal Health & Fitness,
reduce
Depression
and enhance
QOL.
As logged in
Annexure G
"Schedule of
Correspondence", the
Business Plan Developer
has recently posted a similar letter to
the below parties, with 2 CDs,
noting that the
Executive
Summary
has been substantially overhauled to
snapshot in Section III under 33 points the
entire
YELP
Holistic
Hub
First Business Plan:
68. Seventh Letter to
Chair of Preventive Health Taskforce dated 4 June
69. Further Follow Up
Invitation Letter
to
Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts dated 4 June 2009
70.
Further Follow Up
Invitation Letter
to
Minister for Climate Change & Water dated 4 June 2009
71.
Further Follow Up
Invitation Letter
to
Head of Climate Change Review dated 4 June 2009
72.
Follow Up Invitation
Letter to Alistair Jordan,
Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister dated 4 June 2009
73.
Further Update Covering Letter to Peter Morris dated
4 June 2009
74.
Further
Follow-up Letter to Professor Paul Zimmet AO,
member of Preventive Health Taskforce dated 7 June 2009
75.
Further
Follow-up Letter to
Shaun Larkin, member of Preventive Health Taskforce dated 7 June 2009