Product Description

To accompany the hugely sccessful 'Methods for Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes 2e', this book is a thorough and rigorous discussion of the methodological principles and recent advances in the rapidly advancing field of theory and practice of economic evaluation in health care. Written by an internationally acclaimed group of authors, the book provides an in-depth discussion of the latest theoretical advances and gives comprehensive reviews of the available literature. The book covers the main areas of economic evaluation, including the methods for measuring costs and outcomes, the collection of data alongside clinical studies, ways of handling uncertainty, discounting and issues relating to the transferability of economic data.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #280959 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 pages

International Journal of Epidemiology, 31, 2002
"This is a book to keep and refer to; both health economists and health policy makers will undoubtedly benefit from reading and having this book on their shelf."

Review
This book updates and complements the highly successful Methods for Economic Evaluations that myriads of health economists affectionately refer to as 'the blue book' . . . The original work was a landmark publication and set high standards for any future volume. After reading the new (red covered) book, I predict that people will mention it in the same breath . . . This is a book to keep and refer to; both health economists and health policy makers will undoubtedly benefit from reading and having this book on their shelf. (International Journal of Epidemiology, 31, 2002 )

The text is well organized . . . a useful additional text for any health-care researcher as it covers a wide range of theoretical issues that are fundamental in economic evaluation. (Hospital Medicine )

Customer Reviews

An update of the techniques is use today
Written be a group of several field experts this book contains an overview of the latest developments in the field being filled with an enormous amount of reference articles. It is composed of eleven chapters, each of which is dedicated to a sole subject, being written by a different author.
Having read most of the available literature on the subject I found that this book contained quite a good update on the techniques previously described in other publications of the same subject.
It should be a must for those working in the field of health economics, specially for those who have already read Michael Drummond's Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs.