ABSTRACT

Series Editor: Michael Rigby This completely up-to-date resource equips readers with practical tools to understand and apply health economic methods. It introduces the key economic tools and the data available that can assist an economic decision and covers a range of areas from primary care and national data to global indicators of health. The information presented is applicable to all economic issues - at individual practice or nationwide policy level. Harnessing Information for Health Economics Analysis is a vital handbook for all clinicians, managers, and policy makers and shapers who make decisions about planning, commissioning and delivering healthcare. It will also be of great value to health economists, and postgraduate students in health economics and related disciplines. 

chapter 2|14 pages

Techniques of economic appraisal

chapter 3|20 pages

UK national data

chapter 4|12 pages

Secondary care data

chapter 5|13 pages

Primary care data

chapter 7|22 pages

Measuring benefits and preferences

chapter 8|12 pages

Resources and costs

chapter 9|8 pages

Reflections and futures