Economic Evaluation : From Theory to Practice

by Pinto, Jose Luis; Casasnovas-Lopez, Guillem; Ortun, Vicente

• ISBN13: 9788407002346
• ISBN10: 8407002348
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
G. Lopez-Casasnovas
V. Ortun
Part I Economic Evaluation: General Aspects
The Role of Economis in Evaluating Health Care	3	(14)
A. Williams
The Valuation of Health and Safety for Public Sector Decision Making	17	(18)
M. Jones-Lee
G. Loomes
Part II The Role of Quality of Life in Economic Evaluation
The Role of Quality of Life Measurement in Economic Evaluation: Lessons from the National Health Service	35	(18)
P. Kind
Impact of Measuring Health--Related Quality of Life in Clinical Practice: A Review	53	(8)
J. Alonso
M. Espallargues
J. M. Valderas
The Use of Quality of Life Instruments in Health Surveys: their Relevance for Decision-Making	61	(12)
X. Badia
Measuring Population Health: an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Survey of Multi-Attribute Utility Instruments	73	(12)
E. Nord
The Quality of Life and Resource Allocation	85	(14)
J. L. Pinto
Part III Methodological Aspects in Economic Evaluation
Validity of Economic Evaluation: Obstacles to its Use	99	(14)
M. Drummond
Various Studies that Provide High Quality Information	113	(6)
X. Carne
The Transferability of Results of Economic Evaluation Studies	119	(10)
J. Darba
J. Rovira
T. Papadopoulus
Controversial Costs in Guidelines	129	(16)
M. A. Koopmanschap
W.B.F. Brouwer
Assessing Health Effects in Contingent Valuation Surveys: Some Practical Implications	145	(18)
E. Dalmau-Matarrodona
J. Puig-Junoy
Part IV The Use of Economic Evaluation in Practice
The Influence of Economic Evaluation in the Health Care Environment: Some Reflections	163	(16)
R. Akehurst
Use of Economic Evaluation in the United Kingdom	179	(8)
M. Drummond
Use of Economic Evaluation in Italy	187
L. Garatini