This session discusses The Global Burden of Disease and Risk, and its implications for adult health priorities. Integrating the Global Burden of Disease and related financial data on healthcare costs in order to project cost trends and estimate prevention gains will be demonstrated. There will also be a case study from the Congressional Budget Office on modelling the long term impact of an increase in the Federal Tobacco Excise Tax.

116-A: Leveraging New Insights from the Global Burden of Disease and Risks to Achieve Great Health Gains at Lower Costs

Francois Millard, Ali Mokdad, Derek Yach, James Baumgardner