NHPAs - Reasons for selection

[walkec]

Hi,
I'm just doing some SAC study for my SAC on the NHPAs. With the reasons for the selection of the NHPAs, I was wondering if we need to know statistics when stating why an NHPA has been selected?

For example: "Explain why Asthma has been selected as an NHPA"
Answer: Asthma has been selected as an NHPA as it contributes significantly to the burden of disease in Australia.

Or would I be better to say "Asthma has been selected as it contributes significantly to the burden of disease in Australia. In 2010, asthma contributed 2.3% to the burden of disease in Australia".

Thanks! 

[Billion]

No, you're not expected to know statistics when stating why the NHPA has been selected (unless you're accompanied by statistics in the question).

Last year I just remembered a few (maybe 4-5) general reasons as to why the conditions were chosen as an NHPA such as;

- Contributes largely to burden of disease (both mortality and morbidity)
- Contributes highly to health expenditure (in terms of direct, indirect and intangible costs)
- Has the potential for improved health outcomes.
- Highly preventable etc...

And whenever I got a question about why a specific condition has been chosen I would just shape my answer around what reasons I had remembered e.g. Cancer contributes to a high burden of disease, especially YLL because it is a terminating illness, which results in large number of premature deaths in Australia.
Another one could be; A large amount of money is spent on Asthma in a direct manner due to the costs of supplying inhalers, spacers and ambulance services for emergencies, burdening  Australia's health expenditure.

[walkec]

No, you're not expected to know statistics when stating why the NHPA has been selected (unless you're accompanied by statistics in the question).

Last year I just remembered a few (maybe 4-5) general reasons as to why the conditions were chosen as an NHPA such as;

- Contributes largely to burden of disease (both mortality and morbidity)
- Contributes highly to health expenditure (in terms of direct, indirect and intangible costs)
- Has the potential for improved health outcomes.
- Highly preventable etc...

And whenever I got a question about why a specific condition has been chosen I would just shape my answer around what reasons I had remembered e.g. Cancer contributes to a high burden of disease, especially YLL because it is a terminating illness, which results in large number of premature deaths in Australia.
Another one could be; A large amount of money is spent on Asthma in a direct manner due to the costs of supplying inhalers, spacers and ambulance services for emergencies, burdening  Australia's health expenditure.

Thank goodness that you don't have to remember stats! The general reasons I have for selection on my flashcard are:
-the NHPAs contribute significantly to the burden of disease in Australia
-they hold significant costs to the Australian healthcare system
-Some of the NHPAs are largely preventable (for example, injury prevention and control)
- improvements can be made to the health of Australians.

Do you think these would be sufficient?

[Billion]

Yep, they all seem good.
However, for the "they hold significant costs to the Australian healthcare system" point, my teacher always told me that if you're going to use this reason, you need to include which cost (direct, indirect or intangible) and give an example of the cost.
So a direct cost for asthma = inhalers
Intangible costs for injury prevention/control = pain and suffering
etc.
This shouldn't be too much of a hassle to add, as you're expected to know direct/indirect/intangible costs of each NHPA anyway.