Synopsis
Since its publication in 1987, Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes has become the standard textbook in this field world-wide. The new edition outlines the key methodological principles using a critical appraisal checklist that can be applied to any published study. The methodological features of the basic forms of analysis (cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, and cost-benefit analysis) are then explained in more detail. The book has been greatly revised and enlarged, especially with respect to cost-utility and cost- benefit analysis, where major methodological developments have taken place. New to this edition are chapters on collecting and analyzing data, and presenting and using economic evaluation results. The new edition will be required reading for anyone commissioning, undertaking, or using economic evaluations in health care, and will be popular with health service professionals, health economists, and health-care decision makers.
About the Author
Professor Michael Drummond, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD. Tel: 01904 433718. Fax: 01904 433644. email: chedir@york.ac.uk Dr Bernard O'Brien, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University. Professor Greg L Stoddart and Professor George W Torrance, Center for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster Health Sciences Centre, 1200 Main Street West, HAMILTON, Ontario L8N 3Z5, CANADA. Tel: 1 905 525 9140 x22143. Fax: 1 905 546 5211
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