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Cost-effectiveness thresholds : economic and ethical issues / edited by Adrian Towse, Clive Pritchard and Nancy Devlin. - London : Office of Health Economics, 2002. - 140 p. : ill.

"These papers are based on the proceedings of a workshop jointly organised by the OHE and the King's Fund on 1 March 2002"--T.p. verso.



Section 1: The use of thresholds -- Ch.1 An introduction to the use of cost-effectiveness thresholds in decision making: what are the issues -- Ch.2 Does NICE have a threshold? An external view -- Ch.3 Does NICE have a threshold? A response -- Ch.4 Discussion: The use of thresholds -- Section 2: How are thresholds used elsewhere? -- Ch.5 Valuing life years and QALYs: 'transferability' and 'convertibility' of values across the UK public sector -- Ch.6 Overseas approaches to decision making -- Ch.7 Discussion: How are thresholds used elsewhere? -- Section 3: Ethical issues regarding a cost-effectiveness threshold -- Ch.8 Ethical issues associated with rationing and the use of thresholds -- Ch.9 A commentary on ethical issues -- Ch.10 Discussion: Ethical issues regarding the cost-effectiveness -- Section 4: Public involvement -- Ch.11 Public involvement in health care decision making -- Ch.12 The Citizens Council -- Ch.13 Discussion: Public involvement -- Section 5: Next steps What research is required? -- Section 6: Appendices

ISBN: 1899040579

Subjects--Personal Names:
Medical, Economics.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cost-benefit analysis--economics.
Health care costs.
Ethics.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United Kingdom.

National Library of Medicine Call No.: W 74 FA1 2001CO