Cost-benefit and Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Health Care: Principles, Practice, and Potential

Cost-benefit and Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Health Care: Principles, Practice, and Potential
ISBN-10
0914904817
ISBN-13
9780914904816
Category
Medical / Practice Management & Reimbursement
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
1982
Publisher
Health Administration Press
Authors
Kenneth E. Warner, Bryan R. Luce

Description

Bibliografi, usa. The substance and structure of the text follow the book's title: Principles, practice and potential. Chapter 1 provides background on the nature, magnitude, and causes of the health care cost problem, concluding with a discussion of the cost containment ideas and acti- vities. Chapter 2 introduces the reader to cba-cea, discussing the chapter closes with some recent developments indicating the current intensity of interest in cba-cea in both health professional and po- licy circles. Chapter 3, on principles, presents the methodology of cba-cea. Chapter 4, on practice, examinies the health care cba-cea literature by presenting our empirical analysis of trends in the growth and character ofthe litterature, identifying substantive to- pics of interest. Chapter 5, on potential, evaluates the health po- licy uses and future usefulness of cba-cea.

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