Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes

By Mark J. SculpherMichael F. DrummondGreg L. Stoddart, et al.

Book Overview

The highly successful textbook Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care is now available in its third edition. Over the years it has become the standard textbook in the field world-wide. It mirrors the huge expansion of the field of economic evaluation in health care. This new edition builds on the strengths of previous editions being clearly written in a style accessible to a wide readership. Key methodological principles are outlined using a critical appraisal checklist that can be applied to any published study. The methodological features of the basic forms of analysis are then explained in more detail with special emphasis of the latest views on productivity costs, the characterization of uncertainty and the concept of net benefit. The book has been greatly revised and expanded especially concerning analyzing patient-level data and decision-analytic modeling. There is discussion of new methodological approaches, including cost effectiveness acceptability curves, net benefit regression, probalistic sensitivity analysis and value of information analysis. There is an expanded chapter on the use of economic evaluation, including discussion of the use of cost-effectiveness thresholds, equity considerations and the transferability of economic data. This new edition is required for anyone commissioning, undertaking or using economic evaluations in health care, and will be popular with health service professionals, health economists, pharmacists and health care decision makers. It is especially relevant for those taking pharmacoeconomics courses.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198529457
• ISBN13: 9780198529453
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.2" x 0.8" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Programmes

This review is for the first edition, published in 1987 and reprinted seven times. Later editions are enlarged and are more expensive. The text is an excellent introduction into ways of comparing and assessing the value of health care, and has a great introduction into the reasons for undertaking such exercises. Arguably, more recent publications will be of greater use, but this edition is a fine first start. Its price...