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Cost-effectiveness analysis : methods and applications

Title
Cost-effectiveness analysis : methods and applications / by Henry M. Levin and Patrick J. McEwan.
Author
Levin, Henry M.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage Publications, [2000], ©2000.

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McEwan, Patrick J.
Description
xx, 308 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
Cost effectiveness
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Introduction to Cost Analysis. Importance of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Cost-Analysis Approaches in Evaluation and Decision Making -- 2. Establishing an Analytic Framework. Identification of the Problem. What Are the Alternatives? Who Is the Audience? What Type of Analysis to Use? Is a Cost Analysis Needed? -- 3. The Concept and Measurement of Costs. The Concept of Costs. The Ingredients Method. Specification of Ingredients -- 4. Placing Values on Ingredients. Purpose and Principles of Cost Valuation. Methods for Valuing Ingredients -- 5. Analyzing Costs. Using a Cost Worksheet. Allocating Costs Among Constituencies. Costs Over Multiple Years. Accounting for Uncertainty. Costs and Decisions -- 6. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Defining Measures of Effectiveness. Methods of Establishing Effectiveness. Discounting Effects. Analyzing the Distribution of Effects. Combining Costs and Effectiveness. Accounting for Uncertainty -- 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis.
  • The Concept of Benefits. Methods of Valuing Benefits. Discounting Benefits. Analyzing the Distribution of Benefits. Combining Costs and Benefits. Accounting for Uncertainty -- 8. Cost-Utility Analysis. Multiattribute Utility Theory. Methods of Assessing Single-Attribute Utility Functions. Methods of Assessing Importance Weights. Utility to Whom? Discounting Utility. Combining Costs and Utility. Accounting for Uncertainty -- 9. The Use of Cost Evaluations. Diverse Applications of Cost Analysis. Guidelines for Using Cost Analyses. A Checklist for Evaluating Cost Studies. Applying the Checklist. The Use of League Tables. Design and Implementation of Studies - Next Steps. Incorporating Cost Analysis Into Evaluation Designs.
ISBN
  • 0761919333 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0761919341 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
00009499
OCLC
  • 44066885
  • ocm44066885
  • SCSB-8808137
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Columbia University Libraries