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| List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Author | |
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| Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness | |
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| Overview | |
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| Why Cost-Effectiveness Is Useful | |
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| Elements of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | |
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| The Cost-Effectiveness Ratio | |
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| Why Conduct Cost-Effectiveness Analysis? | |
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| The Reference Case Analysis | |
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| Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Policy | |
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| Principles of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Perspective of a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | |
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| Capturing Costs | |
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| Capturing Quality | |
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| Interpreting the Cost-Effectiveness Ratio | |
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| Types of Economic Analysis | |
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| Developing a Research Project | |
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| Overview | |
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| Eight Steps to a Perfect Research Project | |
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| Developing a Research Question | |
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| Designing Your Analysis | |
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| Working with Costs | |
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| Overview | |
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| Opportunity Costs | |
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| Identifying Costs | |
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| Micro-Costing and Gross Costing | |
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| Getting Cost Data | |
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| Using Diagnosis Codes | |
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| Adjusting Costs | |
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| Costs Associated with Pain and Suffering | |
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| Assessing the "Relevancy" of Cost Data | |
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| Other Cost Considerations | |
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| Probabilities and Models | |
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| Overview | |
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| Probabilities | |
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| Decision Analysis Models | |
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| Calculating Life Expectancy | |
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| Overview | |
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| Hand-Calculating Years Gained | |
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| Calculating Life Years Lost Using Markov Models | |
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| Working with Health-Related Quality-of-Life Measures | |
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| Overview | |
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| Framework | |
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| Deriving HRQL Scores | |
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| Other Considerations and Reminders | |
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| Using Disability-Adjusted Life Years | |
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| Calculating QALYs | |
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| Overview | |
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| Using the Summation Method | |
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| Using the Life Table Method | |
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| Calculating Incremental Cost-Effectiveness | |
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| Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) | |
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| Conducting a Sensitivity Analysis | |
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| Overview | |
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| One-Way Sensitivity Analysis | |
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| Two-Way Sensitivity Analysis | |
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| Analysis of Influence | |
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| Monte Carlo Simulation | |
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| Determining the Plausible Range of Each Variable | |
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| Preparing Your Study for Publication | |
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| Overview | |
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| Content and Structure of Cost-Effectiveness Articles | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Methods | |
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| Results | |
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| Technical Appendix | |
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| Working with Data | |
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| Overview | |
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| Review of Rates | |
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| Understanding Error | |
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| Managing Error in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | |
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| Calculating Weighted Means | |
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| Evaluating Study Limitations | |
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| Finding the Data You Need | |
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| Overview | |
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| Finding Data in the Medical Literature | |
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| Grading Published Data | |
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| Using Electronic Datasets | |
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| Using Unpublished Data | |
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| Using Data from Piggybacked Studies | |
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| Using Expert Opinion | |
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| Organizing Your Data | |
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| Answer Key to Exercises | |
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| Life Expectancy and Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy Tables | |
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| EuroQol Instrument and Weighting Scheme | |
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| Diagnosis, Charges, Medicare Reimbursement, Average Length of Stay, and Cost-to-Charge Ratio by Diagnosis-Related Groups, 2004 | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |