Economic evaluation in child health /

As the conduct of health economic evaluations to inform health budget decision-making becomes more common, the special challenges of measuring costs and health consequences in children, from neonate to adolescent, have become increasingly evident. This book considers these challenges.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Other Authors:	Ungar, Wendy J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Child health services > Economic aspects. Pediatrics > Economic aspects. Health services accessibility. Pediatrics. Child health services. Children. Medical care. Economics. Medical personnel. National health services. Health services administration. Health Services Accessibility Pediatrics Child Health Services Child Costs and Cost Analysis Community Health Services Age Groups Delivery of Health Care Medicine Economics Persons Health Occupations Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Services Patient Care Management Disciplines and Occupations Health Services Administration Named Groups Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Patient Care Pédiatrie > Aspect économique. Services de santé > Accessibilité. Pédiatrie. Enfants > Services de santé. Enfants. Prestation de soins. Économie politique. Personnel médical. Services de santé. Services de santé > Administration. Soins médicaux. Enfance. children (people by age group) economics. childhood. National health services Medical personnel Medical care Health services administration Health services accessibility Children Child health services Child health services > Economic aspects Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The uniqueness of child heath and challenges to measuring costs and consequences / Wendy J. Ungar, Andreas Gerber
The reliability and validity of children's and adolescents' self-reported health / Katherine B. Bevans, Christopher B. Forrest
Incorporating caregiver and family effects in economic evaluations of child health / Werner B.F. Brouwer, N. Job A. van Exel, J. Mick Tilford
Measurement of health utilities in children / Lillian Sung, Stavros Petrou, Wendy J. Ungar
The use of value of information methods in the design and evaluation of clinical trials / Andrew R. Willan
Economic evaluations of newborn screening / Scott D. Grosse
Economic evaluation in harm prevention: What are the special challenges? Economic evaluation in child protection / Kim Dalziel, Leonie Segal
Economic evaluation in child welfare / E. Michael Foster
Economic evaluation in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder / Y. Ingrid Goh, Gideon Koren, Wendy J. Ungar
Obstacles to the economic evaluation of specialist child and adolescent mental health services / Sarah Byford
Is more aggressive treatment of pediatric traumatic brain injury worth it? / J. Mick Tilford, Ali I. Raja
Economic evaluations in the management of pediatric asthma / Jonathan D. Campbell, Sean D. Sullivan
Economic evaluation of childhood vaccines / Damian G. Walker, Philippe Beutels, Raymond Hutubessy
Economic evaluation of dengue prevention / Donald S. Shepard, Jose A. Suaya
Economic evaluations of interventions for children in the developing world: the WHO-CHOICE approach / Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer [and others]
Evidence-based decision-making in child health: the role of clinical research and economic evaluation / Gillian Currie, Sarah Curtis, Terry Klassen
Should health gains by children be given the same value as health gains by adults in an economic evaluation framework? / Stavros Petrou
Health technology assessment in child health / Vania Costa, Wendy J. Ungar.