Andrew M. Jones is Professor of Economics at the University of York, UK, where he is also Head of the Department of Economics and Related Studies.Nigel Rice is Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK.Teresa Bago d'Uva is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics, The Netherlands.Silvia Balia is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Business and Social Research and a researcher at the Centre for North-South Economic Research (CRENoS) at the University of Cagliari, Italy.

'Jones et al. provide an excellent introduction to the methods used by health economists for the statistical analysis of survey data ... Notwithstanding the health focus, the book will be a useful handbook for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in many fields in addition to health.' - Stephen P. Jenkins, The Stata Journal 'I would strongly recommend using Applied Health Economics on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in health economics.' - Martin Karlsson, Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford, UK

• Part I: Describing and Summarising Data 1. Data and Survey Design 2. Describing the Dynamics of Health 3. Describing Health Care Costs Part II: Categorical Data 4. Reporting Heterogeneity in Health 5. Health and Lifestyles Part III: Duration Data 6. Smoking and Mortality 7. Health and Retirement Part IV: Panel Data 8. Health and Wages 9. Modelling the Dynamics of Health 10. Non-response and Attrition Bias Part V: Health Care Data 11. Models for Count Data 12. Modelling Health Care Costs

Andrew M. Jones is Professor of Economics at the University of York, UK, where he is also Head of the Department of Economics and Related Studies.Nigel Rice is Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK.Teresa Bago d'Uva is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics, The Netherlands.Silvia Balia is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Business and Social Research and a researcher at the Centre for North-South Economic Research (CRENoS) at the University of Cagliari, Italy.

'Jones et al. provide an excellent introduction to the methods used by health economists for the statistical analysis of survey data ... Notwithstanding the health focus, the book will be a useful handbook for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in many fields in addition to health.' - Stephen P. Jenkins, The Stata Journal 'I would strongly recommend using Applied Health Economics on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in health economics.' - Martin Karlsson, Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford, UK

• Part I: Describing and Summarising Data 1. Data and Survey Design 2. Describing the Dynamics of Health 3. Describing Health Care Costs Part II: Categorical Data 4. Reporting Heterogeneity in Health 5. Health and Lifestyles Part III: Duration Data 6. Smoking and Mortality 7. Health and Retirement Part IV: Panel Data 8. Health and Wages 9. Modelling the Dynamics of Health 10. Non-response and Attrition Bias Part V: Health Care Data 11. Models for Count Data 12. Modelling Health Care Costs