Prevention effectiveness: a guide to decision analysis and economic evaluation
by Corso, Phaedra S. Haddix, Anne C. Teutsch, Steven M.
As public accountability has increased and resources have become scarcer, public health, like clinical medicine, has been forced to re-examine the benefits and costs of its activities. Decision and economic analysis are basic tools in carrying out that mission. These methods have become standard practice in clinical medicine and health services research. This book, now in its second edition, was written in an effort to apply and adapt that experience with public health situations. The book was …
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- Full title :Prevention effectiveness : a guide to decision analysis and economic evaluation / edited by Anne C. Haddix, Steven M. Teutsch, Phaedra S. Corso.
Summary
As public accountability has increased and resources have become scarcer, public health, like clinical medicine, has been forced to re-examine the benefits and costs of its activities. Decision and economic analysis are basic tools in carrying out that mission. These methods have become standard practice in clinical medicine and health services research. This book, now in its second edition, was written in an effort to apply and adapt that experience with public health situations. The book was originally written to introduce Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff to the concepts of d.
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- Publication Date:2003.
- Edition:Second edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199938063, 0199938067
- oclc:on1059450700
- LC Classification:RA427
- Dewey Decimal:614.4
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Study Design; 3. Measuring Effectiveness; 4. Costs; 5. Quality of Life; 6. Time Effects; 7. Decision Analysis; 8. Cost-Benefit Analysis; 9. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; 10. Using Economic Evaluations in Decision Making; Appendices; A. Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; B. Recommendations; C. Software; D. Worked Example: Cost-Effectiveness of Postexposure Prophylaxis Following Sexual Exposure to Human Immunodeficiency Virus; E. Sources for Collecting Cost-of-Illness Data; F. Cost-to-Charge Ratios.
G. Discount and Annuitization TablesH. Consumer Price Index; I. Productivity Loss Tables; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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