Evidence-based Decisions and Economics
Health Care, Social Welfare, Education and Criminal Justice
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Evidence-based Decisions and Economics
Health Care, Social Welfare, Education and Criminal Justice
About this book
The need for evidence-based decisions that take account of both effectiveness and economics is greater now than ever. Using case studies and illustrative examples throughout the authors describe how the activities and outputs of evidence synthesis, systematic review, economic analysis and decision-making interact within and across different spheres of health and social policy and practice.
Expanding on the first edition the book now covers approaches to evidence synthesis that combine economics and systematic review methods in the applied fields of social welfare, education and criminal justice, as well as health care. Written by economists and health services researchers closely involved in developing evidence-based policy and practice it showcases current state-of-the-art methodology and will be an invaluable read for all policy-makers and practitioners using evidence to inform decisions, analysts conducting research to support decisions and students discovering the need for evidence-based decisions to incorporate economic perspectives and evidence.
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Table of contents
- Evidence-Based Decisions and Economics
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 From effectiveness to efficiency? An introduction to evidence-based decisions and economics
- 2 The role of review and synthesis methods in decision models
- 3 The role of economic perspectives and evidence in systematic review
- 4 The role of economic evidence in formulation of public policy and practice
- 5 Generalisability, transferability, complexity and relevance
- 6 Equity, efficiency and research synthesis
- 7 Searching for evidence for cost-effectiveness decisions
- 8 Identifying and reviewing health state utility values for populating decision models
- 9 Use of evidence in decision models
- 10 Grading economic evidence
- 11 Meta-regression models of economics and medical research
- 12 From evidence-based economics to economics-based evidence: using systematic review to inform the design of future research
- 13 Complex problems or simple solutions? Enhancing evidence-based economics to reflect reality
- 14 Evidence-based decisions and economics: lessons for practice
- 15 Evidence-based decisions and economics: an agenda for research
- 16 Glossary of terms
- Index