Priority Setting Toolkit

Guide to the Use of Economics in Healthcare Decision Making

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

This work provides a guide to how economics can be used to manage scarcity of resources in health services. It outlines the principles of economics in a non-technical manner, before going on to address the issues of how to apply the principles in day to day health services management.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-02-20
Mått:140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:254 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9780727917362

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Hälso- och sjukvård inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Craig Mitton is the author of Priority Setting Toolkit: Guide to the Use of Economics in Healthcare Decision Making, published by Wiley.Cameron Richard Donaldson is a health economist. He holds the Yunus Chair in Social Business & Health and is Pro Vice Chancellor at Glasgow Caledonian University, the University for the Common Good.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction. The basic principles.Alternative approaches.Program budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA): review of the literature.Putting it into practice.The challenges of data and time.The challenge of the program budget: is it worth it?.The challenge of disinvesting.The challenges of measuring and valuing benefits.The challenge of the organization.Using evidence, public involvement and values.Conclusion