Introduction to economic evaluation in oral health care / Carlos Zaror, Rodrigo Mariño, editors.

This is the first known book on economic evaluations specifically geared to oral health professionals. The book serves as a starting point that explains the concepts and tools required for practitioners with little or no formal training or experience in economic evaluation to conduct such evaluation...

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Other Authors: Zaror, Carlos (Editor), Mariño, Rodrigo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview of health economics
  • Why carry out an economic evaluation in oral health care?
  • Measuring cost in oral health care
  • Measuring effectiveness for use in economic evaluations in oral health
  • Aspects of decision modelling for economic evaluation in oral health care
  • Interpreting economic evaluation in oral health
  • Worked example in cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Worked example in cost-benefit analysis
  • Worked example in cost-utility analysis
  • What the literature is telling us about economic evaluation in oral health
  • Assessing the quality and usefulness of economic evaluation in oral health: a practical approach for clinicians
  • Using economic evaluations to inform decision-making in oral health: Transferability
  • Economic evaluation: uses and potential uses in oral health policy development.