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BookPublication 1980Clinical Decision Analysis
This text was conceived and developed in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health …
This text was conceived and developed in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at the Center for the Analysis of Health Practices. The book had its origins in a set of classroom materials developed during the academic year 1974-75 for an elective course in medical decision making at the Harvard Medical School. In this book students are shown how to structure clinical decision problems, how to systematically formulate the intertwining roles of diagnosis and treatment, how to…
Probability/Bayes | State-Transition | Health/Medicine | Preferences/Values | Costing Methods | Health Outcomes | Test Performance | Value of Information | Decision Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Infectious Diseases | Child/Nutrition | Chronic Disease/Risk | Economics/Finance | Global | North America | Europe | Graduate | Doctoral | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Decision Making/Leadership | Quantitative Literacy -
BookPublication 2018Pricing Lives: Guideposts for a Safer Society
This book describes how the government came to adopt the value of a statistical life …
This book describes how the government came to adopt the value of a statistical life (VSL) approach for valuing changes in mortality risks and argues that its more widespread use would create a safer and more equitable society. The author estimates these values based on how much more money workers would demand to take on more hazardous jobs; his current estimate is $10 million. The book addresses numerous topics such as whether older people’s lives…
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OrganizationWeb Portal 2024Global Health Cost Consortium
The Global Health Cost Consortium (GHCC) is a new three-year initiative funded by the Bill …
The Global Health Cost Consortium (GHCC) is a new three-year initiative funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to provide decision-makers with improved resources to estimate the costs of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programs. GHCC’s goal is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of HIV and TB prevention and treatment, and drive greater value for money of investments to tackle HIV and TB in low and middle-income countries, by improving the availability, quality, timing, and…
Benefit-Cost Analysis | Health/Medicine | Costing Methods | Evidence Synthesis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Infectious Diseases | Health Systems | Global -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024International Health Economics Association
The International Health Economics Association (iHEA), founded in 1994, works to increase communication between health …
The International Health Economics Association (iHEA), founded in 1994, works to increase communication between health economists, instill higher standards for applying economics to health and health care systems, and assist health economists with career growth. iHEA facilitates biennial congresses attended by more than 1,500 individuals, disseminates information on health economics events, job opportunities and other news. Members include over 2,000 professionals from more than 80 countries who work on a broad range of methodological and empirical aspects…
Benefit-Cost Analysis | Health/Medicine | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | Global -
OrganizationWeb Portal 2024Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) founded in 1952 to convey mathematical knowledge …
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) founded in 1952 to convey mathematical knowledge to other professionals who could implement mathematical theory for practical, industrial, or scientific use. SIAM's mission is to build cooperation between mathematics and the worlds of science and technology through publications, research, and community. SIAM is an international community with over 14,000 individual members and almost 500 academic, manufacturing, research and development, service and consulting organizations, government, and military organizations…
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BookPublication 2015Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, 4th Edition
The 2015 edition of Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes provides a …
The 2015 edition of Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes provides a 'tool kit' for undertaking health economic evaluations. The report is aimed at researchers, health service professionals and policy makers without a formal economics background. The recommendations are based on the authors' own experiences and so are practical in nature. The book describes the challenges of allocating resources efficiently and fairly, including challenges in methodology and policy formation. Examples are provided.…
Benefit-Cost Analysis | Health/Medicine | Preferences/Values | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Health Outcomes | Evidence Synthesis | Value of Information | Mathematical Models | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Economics/Finance | Science/Technology | Global | North America | Europe -
BookPublication 2014Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values
Decision making in health care involves consideration of a complex set of diagnostic, therapeutic and …
Decision making in health care involves consideration of a complex set of diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic uncertainties. Medical therapies have side effects, surgical interventions may lead to complications, and diagnostic tests can produce misleading results. Furthermore, patient values and service costs must be considered. Decisions in clinical and health policy require careful weighing of risks and benefits and are commonly a trade-off of competing objectives: maximizing quality of life vs maximizing life expectancy vs minimizing…
Probability/Bayes | Health/Medicine | Preferences/Values | Costing Methods | Health Outcomes | Test Performance | Value of Information | Mathematical Models | Decision Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Economics/Finance | Government/Law | Global | North America | Europe | Graduate | Doctoral | Professional | Critical Thinking/Analysis | Decision Making/Leadership | Quantitative Literacy -
BookPublication 2012Elgar Companion to Health Economics, 2nd Edition
This collection brings together more than 50 contributions from some of the most influential researchers in …
This collection brings together more than 50 contributions from some of the most influential researchers in health economics. It covers theoretical and empirical issues in health economics, with a range of material on equity and efficiency in health care systems, health technology assessment and issues of concern for developing countries. This revised second edition is expanded to include four new chapters, while all existing chapters have been extensively updated. The Elgar Companion to Health Economics, Second Edition…
Probability/Bayes | Health/Medicine | Decision Theory | Preferences/Values | Priority Setting/Ethics | Costing Methods | Value of Information | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Health Systems | Policy/Regulation | Economics/Finance | Global -
BookPublication 2010Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment
This book includes material drawn from statistics, decision science, social and cognitive psychology, the judgment …
This book includes material drawn from statistics, decision science, social and cognitive psychology, the judgment and decision making literature, and behavioral economics. It combines quantitative approaches to empirical analysis and decision making (i.e., statistics and decision science) with the psychological literature illustrating the systematic errors of the intuitive decision maker.
Probability/Bayes | Health/Medicine | Preferences/Values | Priority Setting/Ethics | Test Performance | Value of Information | Decision Analysis | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis | Policy/Regulation | Government/Law | Global | North America