Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine

Name: Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine
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ISBN: 9780195108248

ISBN-10: 0195108248

ISBN-13: 9780195108248

Edition: 1996

Authors: Marthe R. Gold, Joanna E. Siegel, Louise B. Russell, Milton C. Weinstein

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This is a unique, in-depth discussion of the uses and conduct of cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) as decision-making aids in the health and medical fields. The product of over two years of deiberation by a multi-disciplinary Public Health Service appointed panel that included economists, ethicists, psychometricians, and clinicians, it explores cost-effectiveness in the context of societal decision-making for resource allocation purposes. It proposes that analysts include a "reference-case" analysis in all CEA's designed to inform resource allocation and puts forth the most expicit set of guidelines (together with their rationale) ever outlined of the conduct of CEAs. Important theoretical…

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List price: $99.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/18/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 456
Size: 9.49" wide x 6.81" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English




Cost-Effectiveness Analysis as a Guide to Resource Allocation in Health: Roles and Limitations



Theoretical Foundations of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis



Framing and Designing the Cost-Effectiveness Analysis



Identifying and Valuing Outcomes



Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Interventions



Estimating Costs in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis



Time Preference



Reflecting Uncertainty in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis



Reporting Cost-Effectiveness Studies and Results



Summary of Recommendations for the Reference Case



Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Prevent Neural Tube Defects



The Cost-Effectiveness of Dietary and Pharmacologic Therapy for Cholesterol Reduction in Adults