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The Dictionary of Health Economics
Authors: Anthony J Culyer
ISBN: 1 84376 208 0 (Hardback)
Publication Date: July 2005
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date: July 2005, c. 264pp, hardback, c. £59.95, Edward Elgar Publishing (sales@e-elgar.co.uk)
Orders to: Marston Book Services Ltd., PO Box 269, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4YN, UK (or direct.order@marston.co.uk)
10% discount on pre-paid orders (see www.e-elgar.com)
"At last a book that reveals in plain English the concepts and methods used by health economists. This book should make a major contribution to promoting multidisciplinary research on health and health services, and enable students to get through the undergrowth of jargon that commonly turns them back" --Nick Black, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
"The trouble with most dictionaries to my mind is that frequently the definitions are as difficult to understand as the words one is looking up. The Dictionary of Health Economics by Tony Culyer suffers far less from this problem than others and thus it is much more accessible to the non-specialist. I am particularly taken by Tony's personal examples and vignettes attached to many of the definitions. These improve the comprehension of the definitions for the reader and add a personal touch which makes the book much more readable and less dry than other dictionaries." --David Barnett, Chairman Appraisals Committee, national Institute for Clinical Excellence and Leicester University
