Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-258) and index.
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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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, and safety of health care technologies; effectiveness research; and applications to clinical and public policy. The book provides in-depth discussion of the uses and conducting of cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) as decision-making aids in public health, health services, and medicine. It explores cost-effectiveness in the context of societal decision making for resource allocation purposes.
Cost-effectiveness analysis in health
Medical care-- United States-- Cost effectiveness.