This study book, written by Alastair M. Gray, provides a thorough guide to economic evaluation of health interventions. It focuses specifically on cost-effectiveness analysis in healthcare and has been developed from the course Advanced Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis at the University of Oxford.
Description
As part of the Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation, this book covers four core components of economic evaluation: outcomes, costs, modeling with decision trees and Markov models, and presenting cost-effectiveness results. This practical guide supports the reader in applying methods in health economics through clear instructions and examples.
Product specifications
- Author: Alastair M. Gray (Professor of Health Economics and Director, Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford)
- Series: Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation, Volume 3
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication date: 2010-10-14
- Number of pages: 328
- ISBN: 9780199227280
- Theme: Public health and preventive medicine
- BISAC: MEDICAL / Public Health
About the author
Alastair Gray is Director of the Health Economics Research Centre at the University of Oxford and Professor of Health Economics since 2002. He has extensive experience in teaching and research in public health and has provided advice to, among others, the WHO.