Developments in cost methodology
Subtitle: lessons from VA research
By: guest editors, Paul Barnett, Ann Hendricks.
Contributors: Barnett, Paul, PhD.; Hendricks, Ann.
Series: Medical care. VA supplement -- vol. 37, no. 4; Medical care -- vol. 37, no. 4B
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Hagerstown, MD]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: United States. -- Veterans Health Administration.; United States. -- Dept. of Veterans Affairs.; Medical care, Cost of -- United States.; Veterans -- Medical care -- Cost effectiveness.; Long-term care facilities -- United States.
Other titles: VA supplement
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service, Management Decision and Research Center.
Table of contents: value: Cost analysis in the Department of Veterans Affairs : consensus and future directions / Ralph Swindle ... [et al.]; value: Review of methods to determine VA health care costs / Paul G. Barnett; value: Determining costs in VA : research design problems and solutions illustrated with case studies / Terri J. Menke, Rick H. Homan, and T. Michael Kashner; value: Measuring costs in multisite randomized controlled trials : lessons from the VA cooperative studies program / Denise Hynes .. [et al.]; value: Cost as a study outcome : sensitivity of study conclusions to the method of estimating cost / Michael K. Chapko and Susan Hedrick; value: Use of a cost accounting system to evaluate costs of a VA special program / Terri J. Menke and Nelda P. Wray; value: More or less?  Methods to compare VA and non-VA health care costs / Ann M. Hendricks, Dahlia K. Remler, and Mark J. Prashker; value: Use of the decision support system for VA cost-effectiveness research / Paul G. Barnett and John H. Rodgers.