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Title:
Evidence-based decisions and economics : health care, social welfare, education, and criminal justice
Series:
Evidence-based medicine
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
Physical Description:
x, 206 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9781405191531
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Evidence-based health economics / edited by Cam Donaldson, Miranda Mugford, Luke Vale. c2002
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Evidence-based health economics

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Summary

Summary

The need for evidence-based decisions that take account of both effectiveness and economics is greater now than ever. Using case studies and illustrative examples throughout the authors describe how the activities and outputs of evidence synthesis, systematic review, economic analysis and decision-making interact within and across different spheres of health and social policy and practice.

Expanding on the first edition the book now covers approaches to evidence synthesis that combine economics and systematic review methods in the applied fields of social welfare, education and criminal justice, as well as health care. Written by economists and health services researchers closely involved in developing evidence-based policy and practice it showcases current state-of-the-art methodology and will be an invaluable read for all policy-makers and practitioners using evidence to inform decisions, analysts conducting research to support decisions and students discovering the need for evidence-based decisions to incorporate economic perspectives and evidence.


Author Notes

Ian Shemilt

Senior Research Associate, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Miranda Mugford

Professor of Health Economics, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Luke Vale

Professor of Health Technology Assessment, Health Economics Research Unit and Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

Kevin Marsh

Head of Economic Evaluation, Matrix Knowledge Group, London, UK

Cam Donaldson

Yunus Chair in Social Business and Health, NIHR Senior Investigator, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK


Table of Contents

Preface
1 From effectiveness to efficiency? An introduction to evidence-based decisions and economics for health care, social welfare, education and criminal justiceMiranda Mugford and Ian Shemilt and Luke Vale and Kevin Marsh and Cam Donaldson and Jacqueline Mallender
2 The role of review and synthesis methods in decision modelsKevin Marsh
3 The role of economic perspectives and evidence in systematic reviewRob Anderson and Ian Shemilt
4 The role of economic evidence in formulation of public policy and practiceSarah Byford and Barbara Barrett and Richard Dubourg and Jennifer Francis and Jane Sisk
5 Generalisability, transferability, complexity and relevanceDamian G Walker and Yot Teerawattananon and Rob Anderson and Gerry Richardson
6 Equity, efficiency and research synthesisDavid McDaid and Franco Sassi
7 Searching for evidence for cost-effectiveness decisionsJulie Glanville and Suzy Paisley
8 Identifying and reviewing health state utility values for populating decision modelsJohn Brazier and Diana Papaioannou and Anna Cantrell and Suzy Paisley and Kirsten Herrmann
9 Use of evidence in decision modelsDoug Coyle and Karen M Lee and Nicola J Cooper
10 Grading economic evidenceMassimo Brunetti and Francis Ruiz and Joanne Lord and Silvia Pregno and Andrew D Oxman
11 Meta-regression models of economics and medical research, TD Stanley
12 From evidence-based economics to economics-based evidence: using systematic review to inform the design of future researchEd Wilson and Keith Abrams
13 Complex problems or simple solutions? Enhancing evidence-based economics to reflect realityChantale Lessard and Stephen Birch
14 Evidence-based decisions and economics: lessons for practiceLuke Vale
15 Evidence-based decisions and economics: an agenda for researchMichael Drummond
16 GlossaryAsmaa Abdelhamid and Ian Shemilt
Index
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