Elliott, Rachel.

Essentials of economic evaluation in healthcare / Rachel Elliott, Katherine Payne. - London : Pharmaceutical Press, 2005. - xviii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Overview of health economics -- 2.Rationing healthcare -- 3.The nature and assessment of costs in healthcare -- 4.Measuring patient outcomes for use in economic evaluations -- 5.Cost-effectiveness analysis -- 6.Cost-utility analysis -- 7.Cost-benefit analysis -- 8.Introduction the use of decison and analysis in economic evaluations -- 9.Using economic evaluation to inform decision-making in healthcare -- 10.Statistical handling of data in economic analysis -- 11.Valuing preferences -- 12.Useful resources in health economics and economic evaluation.

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Medical care--Finance
Medical economics.
Medical care, Cost of--Evaluation
Delivery of Health Care--economics
Economics, Medical.
Industry.
Health systems & services
Pharmacology
Pharmacy / dispensing
Political economy

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