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Title Economic evaluation in child health / edited by Wendy J. Ungar
Published Oxford ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 314 pages) : illustrations
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
children (people by age group)
economics.
Pediatrics
National health services
Medical personnel
Medical care
Health services administration
Health services accessibility
Economics
Children
Child health services
Child health services -- Economic aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Ungar, Wendy J.
Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780191720055
0191720054