This study book by Andrew Briggs covers economic evaluation and health economics with a focus on cost-effectiveness analysis of healthcare interventions. It offers a practical approach with examples and encourages readers to apply the methods. The content is based on decision modelling techniques for valuing medical tests, technologies, and treatments.
Description
In a time when financial constraints within healthcare are increasing, the demand for evidence of cost-effectiveness is growing. This book provides insight into modelling techniques that analyze the effectiveness and value of medical interventions, including the representation of uncertainty and its consequences for decision-making and further research.
The reader is guided step by step through setting up models, filling in parameters, analyzing results, and using models as a tool for future research. Case studies, exercises, and online supporting material make it a practical handbook for health economics professionals and researchers.
Product information
- Author: Andrew Briggs (Lindsay Chair in Health Policy and Economic Evaluation, University of Glasgow, UK)
- Series: Handbooks in Health Economic Evaluation
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication date: 2006-08-17
- Number of pages: 256
- ISBN: 9780198526629
- Theme: Economics
- BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
About the author
Andrew Briggs is the Lindsay Chair in Health Policy and Economic Evaluation at the University of Glasgow. Previously, he was Reader in Health Economics at the University of Oxford.
Karl Claxton is an adjunct assistant professor at Harvard and advises on healthcare technologies for the NHS and NICE. He is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Health Economics.
Mark Sculpher leads the programme Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment at the University of York and has extensive experience in healthcare research.