TY - BOOK AU - McCrone, P.R. TI - Understanding health economics: A guide for health care decision makers SN - 0-7494-2639-X AV - W 74 .M37 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - Kogan page KW - Health Care Economics and Organizations|Costs and Cost Analysis|Delivery of Health Care N1 - Discusses ways in which health economics can aid managers in making more informed decisions despite budget constraints and rationing using case studies and worked examples to demonstrate applicability. It covers among other topics the cost of illness and cost measurement, outcome measurement, designing economic evaluations, quality adjusted life years, evidence based medicine prioritisation and rationing, and assessing and using economic evaluations ER -