Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes (Oxford Medical Publications) Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)This book is a jewel since it provides the essentials for economic analysis of health care in a very friendly and interesting way.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes (Oxford Medical Publications)

Since its publication in 1987, Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes has become the standard textbook in this field world-wide. Over the past ten years, the field of economic evaluation in health care has expanded considerably, with a rapid rise in the number of published studies, and wider recognition of their use in health care decision-making. Developments in economic evaluation have also led to the publication of several guidelines for study methodology, most recently those proposed by the United States Public Health Services Panel. The new edition of Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes follows the same basic structure as the first edition. The key methodological principles are outlined using a critical appraisal checklist that can be applied to any published study. The methodological features of the basic forms of analysis (cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, and cost-benefit analysis) are then explained in more detail. The book has been greatly revised and enlarged, especially with respect to cost-utility and cost- benefit analysis, where major methodological developments have taken place.New to this edition are chapters on collecting and analysing data, and presenting and using economic evaluation results. The new edition will be required reading for anyone commissioning, undertaking, or using economic evaluations in health care, and will be popular with health service professionals, health economists, and health-care decision makers. Reviews of the first edition: 'An important contribution to studies on the economic evaluation of medical care...' (British Medical Journal) 'This is essential reading. Only if all managers are aware of the powers of economic techniques will they be used sensibly' (The Health Service Journal (UK) 'The methodological chapters on cost analysis and cost utility analysis are gems...should become the standard text on the subject at the intermediate level at which it is aimed.' (Medical Decision Making) 'It leaves nothing important in economic evaluation analysis untouched.' (Health Policy and Planning) This book is intended for health care management students, Health care professionals, economists, and decision makers.

Click here for more information about Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes (Oxford Medical Publications)

Read More...

The Treatment Trap: How the Overuse of Medical Care Is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do to Prevent It Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)I am a physician who specializes in geriatrics and palliative medicine. I work in a busy tertiary care teaching hospital where some of the world's best specialists practice. Miracles of cure and life prolongation occur every day- liver and heart transplants, for example. But much more common is patients caught up in a system- marketplace is a more accurate description- of interventions- interventions that our specialists spent years in training learning how to do, and that they strongly believe are beneficial to their patients; interventions that are generously compensated by insurers; interventions that are not coordinated with all the other interventions provided by all the other specialists; interventions that have not been studied in the patient groups who are being subjected to them; interventions with significant side effects and consequences for many of the patients receiving them. Yet the unexamined belief- almost an article of faith among doctors and their patients- is that it is always better to do something than nothing in health care. Paradoxically, the truth is often just the opposite. Much of the time it is better to follow a different set of assumptions- when uncertain "don't just do something-- stand there." The Treatment Trap brings this situation to life through stories of real people- real people and their well-intended and very well-trained doctors- all doing what they were taught was right. For patients- See a doctor- do what they recommend. For doctors- See a patient, do something to show the patient you care, to make your living, to keep your practice above water. Interestingly, in support of the thesis of this book- that overtreatment is hurting and killing us- an increasing body of research shows that patients who get palliative care and hospice actually live LONGER than control patients receiving usual care- the usual care that Gibson and Singh reveal by listening to patients and families who have been there.


Click Here to see more reviews about: The Treatment Trap: How the Overuse of Medical Care Is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do to Prevent It

Get 34% OFF

Click here for more information about The Treatment Trap: How the Overuse of Medical Care Is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do to Prevent It

Read More...