Abstract
This chapter:
Explores government intervention in health care
Describes principles of economic evaluations in health care, and covers topics such as health economics, scarcity and demand, and utility and efficiency
Overviews the measurement of health care outcomes and healthcare costs
Describes methods of economic evaluation, including cost-minimisation analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-utility analysis
Raises a number of ethical considerations in relation to economic decision making in health care
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Health care practice in Australia: policy, context and innovations |
| Editors | Sandra Taylor, Michele Foster, Jennifer Fleming |
| Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 284 - 303 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-19-555833-3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
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