Highly Commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2013!

Here’s what the judges said:
"This is one of the few textbooks I would suggest every clinician reads.”

Healthcare Economics Made Easy is a clear and concise text written for those working in healthcare who need to understand the basics of the subject but who do not want to wade through a specialist health economics text.
Often GPs, consultants and other health professionals are asked for their opinion on health economic data and this clearly isn’t their area of expertise.

Healthcare Economics Made Easy will equip the reader with the necessary skills to make valid decisions based on the economic data and with the background knowledge to understand the health economics literature.
This book provides insight into the economic methods that are used to promote public health policies, the techniques used for grading and valuing evidence and the statistics relied upon, without trying to re-train the reader as a health economist.
If you are left bemused by terms such as QALY, health utility analysis and cost minimisation analysis, then this is the book for you!

Contents

1. Health economics
2. Thinking like an economist
3. Cost minimization analysis
4. Cost-effectiveness analysis
5. Quality of life
6. Health utilities
7. The infamous quality-adjusted life year (QALY)
8. Cost utility analysis
9. Evidence-based medicine
10. Critical appraisal
11. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
12. Health technology assessment in the UK