Cost-benefit analysis and health care evaluations
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Cost-benefit analysis and health care evaluations
E. Elgar, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-364) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Cost-benefit analysis is the only method of economic evaluation which can effectively indicate whether a health care treatment or intervention is worthwhile. This book attempts to build a bridge between cost-benefit analysis, as developed by economists, and the health care evaluation literature which relies on other evaluation approaches such as cost-minimization, cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-utility analysis. Robert Brent explains the many different ways in which these other valuation techniques can be converted into cost-benefit analysis and examines both the traditional (human capital) and modern (willingness to pay) approaches. Case studies are used throughout to explain and illustrate the various methodologies being examined. The author follows an applied economics approach, in which methods and ideas are evaluated according to practicability and not according to their theoretical purity. Ultimately, he resolves a number of disputes and makes some new, but subtle, contributions by reinterpreting, correcting and extending existing work. The book covers the topic in an accessible manner, from the foundations to the frontiers of the field, and clearly explains all the necessary economic principles along the way.
Cost-Benefit Analysis and Health Care Evaluations will be invaluable to students and researchers of economics, public policy and health care policy, as well as policymakers and health care practitioners. It can also be used as a comprehensive introductory text by anyone with an interest in cost-benefit analysis.
目次
Contents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction to Health Care Evaluation Part II: CM and CBA 2. Cost Minimization and the Definition of 'Cost' 3. Types of Costs and their Measurement 4. External Costs 5. Social Cost of Taxation Part III: CEA and CBA 6. Fundamentals of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 7. Further Issues of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Part IV: CUA and CBA 8. Fundamentals of Cost-Utility Analysis 9. Measuring Utilities in Cost-Utility Analysis 10. Cost-Utility Analysis and Equity Part V: CBA 11. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Human Capital Approach 12. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Willingness to Pay 13. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Equity References Index
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