Cost-effectiveness analysis

Hans Keiding

Chapter 6 in Theoretical Health Economics, 2017, pp 233-288 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:IntroductionFoundations of cost-effectiveness analysisThe welfarist approachThe decision maker’s approachProduction instead of consumptionThe stages of a cost-effectiveness analysisThe structure of a CEA in practiceThe model of a CEAAssessing cost (1): Direct costAssessing cost (2): Indirect costAssessing effectsUncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysisMethods for assessment of data uncertainty (1): Confidence intervalsMethods for assessment of data uncertainty (2): Other approachesMethod uncertaintyThe value of waiting and cost-effectivenessGuidelines and evidence-based health economicsEvidence-based decision makingThe impossibility of universal guidelinesAppendix: A proof of Blackwell’s theoremProblems

Keywords: Health Economics; Healthcare; Grossman Model; Newhouse-Phelps Model; Dorfman-Steiner; Lindahl Equilibria; Healthcare Pricing; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Healthcare Regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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