Healthcare economics made easy

Highly Commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards 2013! Here’s what the judges said: "Thisis one of the few textbooks I would suggest every clinician reads.” From reviews: “This is a clearly written and accessible introduction to healtheconomics… This book should prove useful to all those responsible for planningand delivering health service. It is a quick read but also a useful referencefor the desk…. I would commend this book as a means by which people …. canbetter understand both the impact of their own practice on our health economyand also appreciate the methods that are being adopted to determine clinicalpractice at a regional and super-regional level.” Ulster Medical Journal,2014 HealthcareEconomics Made Easyis aclear and concise text written for those working in healthcare who need tounderstand the basics of the subject but who do not want to wade through aspecialist health economics text. Often GPs, consultants and other healthprofessionals are asked for their opinion on health economic data and thisclearly isn’t their area of expertise. HealthcareEconomics Made Easywillequip the reader with the necessary skills to make valid decisions based on theeconomic data and with the background knowledge to understand the healtheconomics literature. This book provides insight into the economicmethods that are used to promote public health policies, the techniques usedfor grading and valuing evidence and the statistics relied upon, without tryingto 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 bookfor you!