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July 31, 1997
Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes: Second Edition
Authors: Michael F. Drummond, Bernie O'Brien, Greg L. Stoddart, George W. Torrance
ISBN: 0-19-262773-2
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Since its publication in 1987, Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes has become the standard textbook in this field worldwide. Over the past ten years, the field of economic evaluation in health care has expanded considerably, with a rapid rise in the number of published studies, and wider recognition of their use in health care decision making. Developments in economic evaluation have also led to the publication of several guidelines for study methodology, most recently those proposed by the United States Public Health Services Panel.
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. The 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 (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 the analysing data, and presenting and using economic evaluation results. Published in 1997.
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