Table of contents

Chapter One: Introduction To Cost-Effectiveness

Chapter Two: Principles of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Chapter Three: Developing A Research Project

Chapter Four: Working With Costs

Chapter Five: Probabilities and Models

Chapter Six: Calculating Life Expectancy

Chapter Seven: Working With Health Related Quality Of Life Measures

Chapter Eight: Calculating Qalys

Chapter Nine: Conducting A Sensitivity Analysis

Chapter Ten: Preparing Your Study For Publication

Chapter Eleven: Working With Data

Chapter Twelve: Finding The Data You Need

Appendix 1: Answers to Questions

Appendix 2. Life expectancy and quality adjusted life expectancy tables from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Appendix 3. EuroQol instrument and weighting scheme.

Appendix 4. Diagnosis, Charges, Medicare Reimbursement, Average Length of Stay, and Cost-to Charge Ratio by DRG, 2004.1