Cost-Value Analysis in Health Care
Subtitle: Making Sense out of QALYS (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780521643085
Subjects: Hospital administration & management; Practical & applied ethics; Social Philosophy; Mathematical models; Evaluation Of Health Services; Quality of life; Philosophy; Public Policy - General; Medical care; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Health Care Delivery; Philosophy / General; General; Cost effectiveness; Health care rationing
First sentence: This book is about the potential use of a numerical economic evaluation model called the QALY (Quality Adjusted Life Year) model in setting priorities in insurance plans for health care.