Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes

by Mark J. Sculpher, Michael F. Drummond, Greg L. Stoddart, et al.

Book Overview

The highly successful textbook Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care is now available in its third edition. Over the years it has become the standard textbook in the field world-wide. It mirrors the huge expansion of the field of economic evaluation in health care. This new edition builds on the strengths of previous editions being clearly written in a style accessible to a wide readership. Key methodological principles are outlined using...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198529457
• ISBN13: 9780198529453
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.2" x 0.8" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Programmes

This review is for the first edition, published in 1987 and reprinted seven times. Later editions are enlarged and are more expensive. The text is an excellent introduction into ways of comparing and assessing the value of health care, and has a great introduction into the reasons for undertaking such exercises. Arguably, more recent publications will be of greater use, but this edition is a fine first start. Its price is most reasonable too. C Forsyth