Using cost-effectiveness analysis to improve health care : opportunities and barriers / Peter J. Neumann.

Author
Neumann, Peter J., 1961- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description
xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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    "This book traces the roots of CEA in health and medicine, describes its promise for rational resource allocation, and discusses the nature of the opposition to it, using Medicare and the Oregon health plan as examples. The book also offers advice for policy makers and politicians, including lessons from Europe, Canada, and Australia, and underlines the need for leadership to establish the conditions for change."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-201) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The promise and promotion of CEA
    • 3. Resistance to CEA in the United States
    • 4. Understanding the resistance
    • 5. Legal, political, and ethical concerns
    • 6. Lessons from Oregon
    • 7. Does anyone in America really use CEA? : examples from the field
    • 8. Cost-effectiveness analysis abroad
    • 9. Imagining a future for CEA
    • 10. Advice for CEA practitioners
    • 11. Advice for policy makers and politicians.
    Other title(s)
    Using cost effectiveness analysis to improve health care
    ISBN
    • 0195171861 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780195171860 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2004049244
    OCLC
    54817165
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