Evidence-based to value-based medicine
By: Melissa M. Brown, Gary C. Brown, Sanjay Sharma ; foreword by Tom Scully.
Contributors: Brown, Gary C., 1949-; Sharma, Sanjay, M.D.
Publisher: AMA Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Chicago]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Medical care -- United States -- Cost effectiveness; Medical care -- United States -- Cost control; Medical care -- United States -- Finance; Evidence-based medicine -- United States; Medical economics -- United States; Quality of Health Care -- economics; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Evidence-Based Medicine; Health Resources -- economics
Description: "An introduction to the principles behind value-based medicine and its role in improving the quality of healthcare in the U.S. and maximizing the use of healthcare resources"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to evidence-based and value-based medicine; title: Barriers to entry; title: Healthcare economics; title: Total quality management and evidence-based medicine; title: How to evaluate health-related quality-of-life instruments; title: Classification of health-related quality-of-life instruments; title: Function-based quality-of-life instruments; title: Preference-based quality-of-life instruments; title: Time-tradeoff utility analysis; title: Construct validity; title: Where is the value?; title: Discounting made simple; title: Decision analysis; title: Costs; title: Economic healthcare analyses; title: Cost-utility analysis; title: Guide to performing a cost-utility analysis; title: Cost-utiltiy reference-case study with standardized parameters; title: Value-based nursing; title: Pharmacoeconomcs; title: The paradigm will prevail.