Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes by Stoddart, Greg L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page In memory of our friend and colleague Bernie O‘Brien Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the third edition Acknowledgements Chapter 1 - How to use this book

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Chapter 2 - Basic types of economic evaluation

2.1. Why is economic evaluation important? 2.2. What does economic evaluation mean? 2.3. Do all economic evaluations use the same techniques? 2.4. What are the relevant costs and consequences in the economic evaluation of ... References

Chapter 3 - Critical assessment of economic evaluation

3.1. Elements of a sound economic evaluation 3.2. Limitations of economic evaluation techniques 3.3. Conclusions 3.4. Critical appraisal of a published article References

Chapter 4 - Cost analysis

4.1. Some basics 4.2. Allowance for differential timing of costs (discounting and the ... 4.3. Allocation of overhead costs: example 4.4. The role and estimation of productivity changes 4.5. Exercise: costing alternative radiotherapy treatments 4.6. Concluding remarks References Annex 4.1. Tutorial on methods of measuring and valuing capital costs

Chapter 5 - Cost-effectiveness analysis

5.1. Some basics 5.2. Exercise: designing a cost-effectiveness study 5.3. Critical appraisal of a published article 5.4. Use of quality of life scales in economic evaluation 5.5. Interpreting incremental cost-effectiveness ratios 5.6. From cost-effectiveness ratios to net benefits 5.7. Concluding remarks References

Chapter 6 - Cost-utility analysis

6.1. Some basics 6.2. Utilities 6.3. Measuring preferences 6.4. Multi-attribute health status classification systems with preference scores 6.5. Quality-adjusted life-years 6.6. Advanced topics 6.7. Critical appraisal of a published article References Annex 6.1. Simulated interview

Chapter 7 - Cost-benefit analysis

7.1. Some basics 7.2. Assigning money values to health outcomes 7.3. What might we mean by willingness-to-pay? 7.4. Pragmatic measurement issues 7.5. Exercise: designing a contingent valuation survey for a new treatment for ... 7.6. Conjoint analysis and discrete choice experiments 7.7. Willingness-to-pay estimates and health policy decisions 7.8. Conclusions References

Chapter 8 - Economic evaluation using patient-level data

8.1. Introduction 8.2. Randomized trials and economic evaluation 8.3. Statistical analysis of patient-level data 8.4. Conclusions 8.5. Exercise: economic evaluation alongside clinical trials—a case study in osteoporosis References

Chapter 9 - Economic evaluation using decision analytic modelling

9.1. Some basics 9.2. The role of decision analytic models for economic evaluation 9.3. Key elements of decision analytic modelling 9.4. The stages in the development of a decision analytic model 9.5. Critical appraisal of decision analytic models 9.6. Conclusions 9.7. Exercise: developing a decision analytic model References

Chapter 10 - Presentation and use of economic evaluation results

10.1. Introduction 10.2. Reporting formats for economic evaluation 10.3. Interpreting cost-effectiveness evidence 10.4. Transfering economic evaluation results from setting to setting 10.5. Problems and potential for using economic evaluation in decision-making 10.6. Conclusions References

Chapter 11 - How to take matters further

11.1. Economic evaluator’s survival guide 11.2. Additional literature 11.3. Looking to the future References

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