Priority Setting Toolkit
Guide to the Use of Economics in Healthcare Decision Making
1st Edition
Published on 20. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7279-1736-2 (ISBN)
Description
This work provides a guide to how economics can be used to manage scarcity of resources in health services. It outlines the principles of economics in a non-technical manner, before going on to address the issues of how to apply the principles in day to day health services management.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7279-1736-2 (9780727917362)
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Additional editions
Craig Mitton | Cam Donaldson
Priority Setting Toolkit
Guide to the Use of Economics in Healthcare Decision Making
E-Book
02/2009
BMJ Books
€49.99
Available for download
Persons
Craig Mitton is the author of Priority Setting Toolkit: Guide to the Use of Economics in Healthcare Decision Making, published by Wiley.
Cameron Richard Donaldson is a health economist. He holds the Yunus Chair in Social Business & Health and is Pro Vice Chancellor at Glasgow Caledonian University, the University for the Common Good.
Cameron Richard Donaldson is a health economist. He holds the Yunus Chair in Social Business & Health and is Pro Vice Chancellor at Glasgow Caledonian University, the University for the Common Good.
Content
Introduction. The basic principles.
Alternative approaches.
Program budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA): review of the literature.
Putting it into practice.
The challenges of data and time.
The challenge of the program budget: is it worth it?.
The challenge of disinvesting.
The challenges of measuring and valuing benefits.
The challenge of the organization.
Using evidence, public involvement and values.
Conclusion
Alternative approaches.
Program budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA): review of the literature.
Putting it into practice.
The challenges of data and time.
The challenge of the program budget: is it worth it?.
The challenge of disinvesting.
The challenges of measuring and valuing benefits.
The challenge of the organization.
Using evidence, public involvement and values.
Conclusion