Health System Efficiency
Health System Efficiency

Author: Jonathan Cylus

Publisher: Health Policy

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9789289050418

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In this book the authors explore the state of the art on efficiency measurement in health systems and international experts offer insights into the pitfalls and potential associated with various measurement techniques. The authors show that: - The core idea of efficiency is easy to understand in principle - maximizing valued outputs relative to inputs, but is often difficult to make operational in real-life situations - There have been numerous advances in data collection and availability, as well as innovative methodological approaches that give valuable insights into how efficiently health care is delivered - Our simple analytical framework can facilitate the development and interpretation of efficiency indicators.

Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Author: Richard Cookson

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0198838190

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Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis aims to help healthcare and public health organizations make fairer decisions with better outcomes. It can provide information about equity in the distribution of costs and effects - who gains, who loses, and by how much - and the trade-offs that sometimes occur between equity and efficiency. This is a practical guide to methods for quantifying the equity impacts of health programmes in high, middle, and low-income countries. The methods can be tailored to analyse different equity concerns in different decision making contexts. The handbook provides both hands-on training for postgraduate students and analysts and an accessible guide for academics, practitioners, managers, policymakers, and stakeholders. Part I is an introduction and overview for research commissioners, users, and producers. Parts II and III provide step-by-step guidance on how to simulate and evaluate distributions, with accompanying spreadsheet training exercises. Part IV concludes with discussions about how to handle uncertainty about facts and disagreement about values, and the future challenges facing this growing field. Book jacket.

Applied Methods of Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Healthcare
Applied Methods of Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Healthcare

Author: Alastair Gray

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0199227284

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This book provides the reader with a comprehensive set of instructions and examples of how to perform an economic evaluation of a health intervention, focusing solely on cost-effectiveness analysis in healthcare.

Medical Technology Assessment Directory
Medical Technology Assessment Directory

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1988-02-01

Total Pages: 709

ISBN-13: 0309038294

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For the first time, a single reference identifies medical technology assessment programs. A valuable guide to the field, this directory contains more than 60 profiles of programs that conduct and report on medical technology assessments. Each profile includes a listing of report citations for that program, and all the reports are indexed under major subject headings. Also included is a cross-listing of technology assessment report citations arranged by type of technology headings, brief descriptions of approximately 70 information sources of potential interest to technology assessors, and addresses and descriptions of 70 organizations with memberships, activities, publications, and other functions relevant to the medical technology assessment community.

Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine
Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine

Author: Peter J. Neumann

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 0190492937

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CEAs (cost-effectiveness analyses) are used by decision makers in the health sector to make enlightened evaluations and this book provides an in depth look at how to evaluate the evaluator. The book is aimed specifically at Public health specialists.

Cost Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment
Cost Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment

Author: Richard Edlin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 3319157442

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This book provides an introduction to decision analytic cost-effectiveness modelling, giving the theoretical and practical knowledge required to design and implement analyses that meet the methodological standards of health technology assessment organisations. The book guides you through building a decision tree and Markov model and, importantly, shows how the results of cost-effectiveness analyses are interpreted. Given the complex nature of cost-effectiveness modelling and the often unfamiliar language that runs alongside it, we wanted to make this book as accessible as possible whilst still providing a comprehensive, in-depth, practical guide that reflects the state of the art – that includes the most recent developments in cost-effectiveness modelling. Although the nature of cost effectiveness modelling means that some parts are inevitably quite technical, across the 13 chapters we have broken down explanations of theory and methods into bite-sized pieces that you can work through at your own pace; we have provided explanations of terms and methods as we use them. Importantly, the exercises and online workbooks allow you to test your skills and understanding as you go along.

Handbook of EHealth Evaluation
Handbook of EHealth Evaluation

Author: Francis Yin Yee Lau

Publisher:

Published: 2016-11

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 9781550586015

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The Artificial Heart
The Artificial Heart

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1991-02-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0309045320

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A significant medical event is expected in 1992: the first human use of a fully implantable, long-term cardiac assist device. This timely volume reviews the artificial heart program-and in particular, the National Institutes of Health's major investment-raising important questions. The volume includes: Consideration of the artificial heart versus heart transplantation and other approaches to treating end-stage heart disease, keeping in mind the different outcomes and costs of these treatments. A look at human issues, including the number of people who may require the artificial heart, patient quality of life, and other ethical and societal questions. Examination of how this technology's use can be targeted most appropriately. Attention to achieving access to this technology for all those who can benefit from it. The committee also offers three mechanisms to aid in allocating research and development funds.