Cost-effectiveness analyses in health : a practical approach

Cost-effectiveness analyses in health : a practical approach /

This second edition of Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health reviews issues and methods of assessing health care technologies and related programs. It emphasizes methods to perform economic evaluations, such as cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis; methods to assess efficacy, effectiveness,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muennig, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2008
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Medical care > United States > Cost effectiveness.
Medical care, Cost of > United States.
Cost-Benefit Analysis > methods.
Health Care Costs.
Quality of Life.
Medical care.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to cost-effectiveness
  • Principles of cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Developing a research project
  • Working with costs
  • Probabilities and models
  • Calculating life expectancy
  • Working with health-related quality-of-life measures
  • Calculating QALYS
  • Conducting a sensitivity analysis
  • Preparing your study for publication
  • Working with data
  • Finding the data you need.

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