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Economic Analysis in Health Care, Second Edition is intended as a core textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of health economics. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of the field of economics in health care and the evaluation of health care technologies. This edition has been fully revised with up-to-date case studies from the UK, Europe and the Rest of the World. It includes a new chapter on health care labour markets and contains new material integrated throughout the text on the economics of public health. Adopts an international perspective towards topics in health economics Creates a useful balance of theoretical treatment and practical application throughout the book Focuses on both market-related and economic evaluation aspects of health economics

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Author:   S Morris ,  Nancy Devlin ,  David Parkin ,  Anne Spencer
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   2nd Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.729kg
ISBN:  

9781119951490

ISBN 10:   1119951496
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   07 May 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781119908630
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Economic Analysis in Health Care Chapter 2. The Demand for Health Care Chapter 3. The Production and Costs of Health Care Chapter 4. The Supply of Health Care Chapter 5. Markets, Market Failure and the Role of Government in Health Care Chapter 6. Health Insurance and Health Care Financing Chapter 7. Equity in Health Care Chapter 8. Health Care Labour Markets Chapter 9. Welfarist and Non-Welfarist Foundations of Economic Evaluation Chapter 10. Principles of Economic Evaluation in Health Care Chapter 11. Measuring and Valuing Health Care Output Chapter 12. Economic Evaluation Methods Chapter 13. The Use of Economic Evaluation in Decision Making Index

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Stephen Morris is Professor of Health Economics at University College London (UCL). He is a member of the Health Care Evaluation Group and is affiliated with the UCLH/UCL Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre and the Division of Research Strategy. Prior to coming to UCL Steve worked at the Health Economics Research Group at Brunel University, the Imperial College Business School, and the Department of Economics at City University. He has an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York, and a PhD in Economics from City University. Nancy Devlin is Director of Research at the Office of Health Economics (OHE) in London.? Nancy joined the OHE in 2009, bringing over 20 years of experience in health economics research. Nancy has published original research on a wide range of health economics topics in economics, health services research and health policy journals. She has experience as a consultant and advisor to Government and non-Government health care organisations in the UK and internationally. Nancy's principal areas of research expertise are the measurement and valuation of patient reported health outcomes; the cost effectiveness thresholds used in making judgments about value for money in health care; priority setting in health care; production, performance and efficiency of hospitals; and the determinants of patient choice. David Parkin is Professor of Health Economics and Director of the City Health Economics Centre at City University London. His main research interests are the production of health and health care, the development of health status output measures for health care, health care decision making and studies of health expenditure. He is the organiser of the UK Health Econmists' Study Group. Dr Anne Spencer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary University of London. Dr Spencer mentors health economists to use modeling techniques to aid decision-making at the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). In addition, she is involved in research to apply modeling techniques to improve the design of clinical trials and to develop guidelines for researchers on the use of modeling techniques to inform cost effective studies. Anne is also senior health economics advisor for the Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit (PCTU).

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