Clinical Economics in Gastroenterology

by Bodger, Keith; Daly, Michael; Heatley, Richard V.

• ISBN13: 9780632050338
• ISBN10: 0632050330
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Health care decision-makers throughout the world continue to struggle with the conflicting pressures of controlling health care expenditure while satisfying both increased demands and rising public expenditure. Difficult decisions about the allocation of health care are inevitable. Workers in the field are increasingly called upon to consider the economic consequences of their day-to-day practice, and yet there is very little hard data on which to base decision-making.Clinical Economics in Gastroenterology is the first book of its kind to tackle these thorny issues. It applies clinical economics to gastrointestinal disorders, which are amongst the most common complaints and which result in substantial morbidity and mortality. The economic techniques developed to quantify and compare the price and benefits of rival treatments seem remote from clinical reality. This book tries to bring the clinical scenario, with its variety of both presentation and treatment response, together with an economic perspective that assigns monetary values to all aspects of disease. The result is a synthesis of information that yields interesting conclusions on the one hand, and which identifies the need for further research on the other. It contains an introductory chapter that outlines the principles of clinical economics that is followed by 14 chapters applying these to gastrointestinal disorders or procedures.This book will be of real practical help to gastroenterologists and hospital managers trying to evaluate management decisions on grounds of cost and benefit.

Author Biography

Keith Bodger and Michael Daly are the authors of Clinical Economics in Gastroenterology, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Clinical Economics in Gastroenterology	1	(11)
K. Bodger
M. J. Daly
R.V. Heatley
D. R. R. Williams
Gastrointestinal Disease in Primary Care	12	(14)
R. H. Jones
Cost-effectiveness of Treatment Alternatives for Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease: a Review and Appraisal of the Literature	26	(21)
S. Sridhar
R. Goeree
B. J. O'Brien
R. Hunt
Functional (Non-ulcer) Dyspepsia	47	(17)
M. Tebaldi
R. C. Heading
Helicobacter pylori-associated Peptic Ulcer disease	64	(19)
K. Bodger
M. J. Daly
R. V. Heatley
Gastrointestinal Complications of NSAIDs	83	(12)
I. Haslock
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	95	(21)
N. E. J. Wells
B. A. Hahn
P. J. Whorwell
Medical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease	116	(17)
F. M. Ward
K. Bodger
M. J. Daly
R. V. Heatley
The Health Care Economic Implications of Minimal Access Gastrointestinal Surgery	133	(13)
P. J. Guillou
A. J. Windsor
A. Nejim
The Management of Gallstone Disease	146	(13)
S. H. Hussaini
Cost-effectiveness in the Therapy of Liver Disease	159	(17)
J. Neuberger
S. Bryan
Economics of Liver Transplantation	176	(12)
J. G. O'Grady
Nutritional Support: Efficacy and Cost-effectiveness	188	(32)
J. Ofman
R. L. Koretz
Present Day Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis: its Content and Cost	220	(30)
J. M. Littlewood
E. Cross
Small Intestinal Transplantation	250	(15)
S. Pollard
Index	265