附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-364) and index.
Cover; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I Introduction; 1. Introduction to health care evaluation; PART II CM and CBA; 2. Cost minimization and the definition of 'cost'; 3. Types of costs and their measurement; 4. External costs; 5. Social cost of taxation; PART III CEA and CBA; 6. Fundamentals of cost-effectiveness analysis; 7. Further issues of cost-effectiveness analysis; PART IV CUA and CBA; 8. Fundamentals of cost-utility analysis; 9. Measuring utilities in cost-utility analysis; 10. Cost-utility analysis and equity; PART V CBA.
摘要:Cost-benefit analysis is the only method of economic evaluation which can effectively indicate whether a health care treatment is worthwhile. This book attempts to build a bridge between cost-benefit analysis and the health care evaluation literature which relies on other evaluation approaches.
