Designing and Conducting Cost-effectiveness Analyses in Medicine and Health Care
Designing and Conducting Cost-effectiveness Analyses in Medicine and Health Care
P. MuennigJossey-Bass2002ISBN 0 787 96013 6
Designing and Conducting Cost-effectiveness Analyses in Medicine and Health Care is a practical guide for conducting economic analyses in health care. Step by step, Dr Muennig outlines the theory and practice of cost-effectiveness and shows how to develop an original research question,retrieve data, design a decision analysis tree, calculate quality-adjusted life years, and test for error in analysis. The book provides clear and detailed instruction and includes a review of those epidemiological and biostatistical skills relevant to conducting cost-effectiveness analyses. Policymakers,community health experts and preventive medicine practitioners will appreciate the clarity of the theoretical material. Students will find the hands-on approach invaluable. The book uses a worked example to carefully walk them through the process of designing and conducting an analysis incorporating Internet-accessible data and adhering closely to standards set for research in the field.
