Theory and Methods of Economic Evaluation of Health Care (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1996)

Most economic evaluations of health care programmes at the moment are cost effectiveness and cost-utility analyses. The problem with these methods is that their theoretical foundations are unclear. This has led to confusion about how to define the costs and health effects and how to interpret the results of these studies. In the environmental and traffic safety fields it is instead common to carry out traditional cost-bene: fit analyses of health improving programmes. This striking difference in how health programmes are assessed in different fields was the original motivation for writing this book. The aim of the book is to tty and provide a coherent framework within cost-bene: fit analysis and welfare economics for the different methods of economic evaluation in the health care field. The book is written in an easily accessible manner and several examples of applications of the different methods are provided. It is my hope that it will be useful both for teaching purposes and as a guide for practitioners in the field. Glenn C. Blomquist, John D. Graham, Rich O'Conor and four anonymous referees provided helpful comments on previous versions of the manuscript. I would also like to express my gratitude to the following persons for helping me to prepare the manuscript: Carl-Magnus Berglund, Carin Blanksvard, Ann Brown, and Ziad Obeid."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, 4
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	1996
Authors:	Magnus Johannesson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	247
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1996
ISBN-13:	978-1-4419-4757-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Microeconomics > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
LSN:	1-4419-4757-4
Barcode:	9781441947574

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