LEADER 02383nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910818884603321 005 20240410135246.0 010 $a1-280-95368-3 010 $a9786610953684 010 $a0-335-22506-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000361366 035 $a(EBL)287815 035 $a(OCoLC)567976251 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000143423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153066 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10112810 035 $a(PQKB)10544495 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC287815 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL287815 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10161313 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL95368 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000361366 100 $a20060525d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEconomic evaluation /$fJulia Fox-Rushby and John Cairns (editors) 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMaidenhead ;$aNew York $cOpen University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 225 1 $aUnderstanding public health 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-335-21847-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $asection 1. The structure of economic evaluation -- section 2. Measuring and valuing resource use -- section 3. Measuring and valuing consequences -- section 4. Presenting and interpreting the evidence -- section 5. Appraising the quality and usefulness of economic evaluation. 330 $aThere are so many ways in which health might be improved today and, as technology improves, the opportunities will increase. However, there are limits to budgets as well as other resources so choices have to be made about what to spend money and time on. Economic evaluation can help set out the value of the costs and benefits from competing choices. 410 0$aUnderstanding public health. 606 $aMedical economics 606 $aMedical care$xEvaluation 615 0$aMedical economics. 615 0$aMedical care$xEvaluation. 676 $a338.433621 701 $aFox-Rushby$b Julia A$01683043 701 $aCairns$b John$0531169 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818884603321 996 $aEconomic evaluation$94053555 997 $aUNINA