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9780335218493

Health Care Evaluation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780335218493

  • ISBN10:

    0335218490

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-11-01
  • Publisher: Open University Press
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Summary

No nation can afford to provide all the health care that its population wants. Countries can, however, ensure they obtain the greatest benefit from those resources available for health care. Evaluation of health care can help determine which services should be provided and how they should best be organized and delivered.This book analyses health care interventions, from specific treatments to whole delivery systems, in terms of four key dimensions: Effectiveness Efficiency Humanity Equity

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Overview of the book 1(4)
Section 1: Health care and evaluation
5(16)
Introduction to health and health care
7(4)
Introduction to evaluation
11(10)
Section 2: Measuring disease, health status and health-related quality of life
21(26)
Measuring disease
23(14)
Measuring health status and health-related quality of life
37(10)
Section 3: Evaluating effectiveness
47(68)
Association and causality
49(11)
Randomized designs
60(17)
Non-randomized designs
77(8)
Cohort and case-control studies
85(12)
Ecological designs
97(8)
Comparing study designs
105(10)
Section 4: Measuring cost and evaluating cost-effectiveness
115(22)
Measuring cost
117(9)
Evaluating cost-effectiveness
126(11)
Section 5: Evaluating humanity
137(42)
Evaluating humanity
139(11)
Measuring patient satisfaction using quantitative methods
150(14)
Measuring patient satisfaction using qualitative methods
164(15)
Section 6: Evaluating equity
179(19)
Defining equity
181(7)
Assessing equity
188(10)
Glossary 198(5)
Index 203

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