Health Economics

Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis aims to help health care and public health organisations make fairer decisions with better outcomes. Whereas standard cost-effectiveness analysis provides information about total costs and effects, distributional cost-effectiveness analysis provides additional information about fairness in the distribution of costs and effects - who gains, who loses, and by how much. It can also provide information about the trade-offs that sometimes occur between efficiency objectives, such as improving total health, and equity objectives, such as reducing unfair inequality in health.

Principles in Health Economics and Policy, second edition, is a concise introduction to health economics and its application to health policy. It introduces the subject of economics, explains the fundamental failures in the market for healthcare, and discusses the concepts of equity and fairness when applied to health and healthcare. This new edition presents a globally-relevant, policy-oriented approach, that emphasizes the application of economic analysis to universal health policy issues in an accessible manner. It explores four key questions currently facing health policy-makers across the globe

Health Economics: An International Perspective offers an analysis of health systems across borders, the fourth edition of this key text has been updated and revised to take account of changes in a host of countries. It features an expanded introduction, providing better grounding for many of the examples that come in subsequent chapters and making it easier for non-health care experts to see the links between the theory, the examples and the health care system components. Examples and illustrations are taken from a wide range of settings providing an overview of the performance of different health systems.

Twenty years after the first edition of Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine established the practical benchmark for cost-effectiveness analysis, this completely revised edition of the classic text provides an essential resource to a new generation of policymakers. This edition is a guide to the use of cost-effectiveness analysis as an evaluative tool at the institutional and policy levels.

The purpose of economic evaluation is to inform decisions intended to improve healthcare. The new edition of Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes equips the reader with the necessary tools and understanding required to undertake evaluations by providing an outline of key principles and a 'tool kit' based on the authors' own experiences of undertaking economic evaluations.

The Encyclopedia of Health Economics offers researchers and policymakers objective and detailed empirical analysis and clear reviews of current theories and polices. It helps practitioners by providing accessible overviews into the broad field of health economics, including the economics of designing health service finance and delivery and the economics of public and population health.