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Guidelines for conducting health economic evaluations have become increasingly standardized, however they don't address the unique concerns of the paediatric population. The challenges of measuring costs and consequences in children, from neonate to late adolescence, are numerous and complex. With the growing acceptance of economic evidence to guide decisions in health systems facing economic constraints, it is imperative that these challenges be considered so that this population is not left out of evidence-based decisions. The time has come for a textbook to address economic evaluation in child health.This book is divided into three sections: Methods, Applications, and Using evidence for decision-making, with chapters contributed by international experts. The Methods section presents detailed discussions of measuring lifetime costs and consequences, capturing productivity losses, obtaining unbiased self- and proxy reports, incorporating externalities, choosing valid outcome measures, assessing utility, and designing studies using value of information. The Applications section reviews economic evidence in common childhood conditions and areas of investigation, including newborn screening, harm prevention, mental health services, brain injury, asthma, and immunization. The final section explores the use of economic evidence in decision-making, and includes a description of the WHO-CHOICE approach, the role of clinical research, how to value health gains by children, and the emerging field of health technology assessment. In addition to an emphasis on methods, a deliberate effort was made to include issues relevant to developing countries, where the burden of childhood disease is greatest, and for whom high quality economic evidence is critical.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199547491

ISBN-139780199547494

eBay Product ID (ePID)77359094

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Number of Pages338 Pages

Publication NameEconomic Evaluation in Child Health

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPublic Health, General, Children's Health

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

AuthorWendy Ungar

Subject AreaHealth & Fitness, Medical

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

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Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal362.1989200681

Table of ContentMethods1: Wendy J. Ungar & Andreas Gerber: The uniqueness of child health and challenges to measuring costs and consequences2: Katherine Bevans & Christopher B. Forrest: The reliability and validity of children's and adolescents' self-reported health3: Werner B.F. Brouwer, N. Job A. van Exel & J. Mick Tilford: Incorporating caregiver and family effects in economic evaluations of child health4: Lillian Sung, Stavros Petrou & Wendy J. Ungar: Measurement of health utilities in children5: Andrew R Willan: The use of value of information methods in the design and evaluation of clinical trialsApplications6: Scott D. Grosse: Economic evaluations of newborn screening7: Kim Dalziel & Leonie Segal: Economic evaluation in child protection: what are the special challenges? Part 1. Economic evaluation in child protectionE. Michael Foster: Economic evaluation in child protection: what are the special challenges? Part 2. Economic evaluation in child welfareY. Ingrid Goh, Gideon Koren & Wendy J. Ungar: Economic evaluation in child protection: what are the special challenges? Part 3. Economic evaluation in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder8: Sarah Byford: Obstacles to the economic evaluation of specialist child and adolescent mental health services9: J. Mick Tilford & Ali I. Raja: Is more aggressive treatment of pediatric traumatic brain injury worth it?10: Jonathan D. Campbell & Sean D. Sullivan: Economic evaluations in the management of paediatric asthma11: Damian G Walker, Philippe Beutels & Raymond Hutubessy: Economic evaluation of childhood vaccines12: Donald S. Shepard & Jose A. Suaya: Economic evaluation of dengue preventionUsing Evidence for Decision-Making13: Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, Moses Aikins, Robert Black, Lara Wolfson, Raymond Hutubessy & David B. Evans: Economic evaluations of interventions for children in the developing world: the WHO-CHOICE approach14: Gillian Currie, Sarah Curtis & Terry Klassen: Evidence-based decision-making in child health: the role of clinical research and economic evaluation15: Stavros Petrou: Should health gains by children be given the same value as health gains by adults in an economic evaluation framework?16: Vania Costa & Wendy J. Ungar: Health-technology assessment in child health, Methods1. The uniqueness of child health and challenges to measuring costs and consequences, Wendy J. Ungar & Andreas Gerber2. The reliability and validity of children's and adolescents' self-reported health, Katherine Bevans & Christopher B. Forrest3. Incorporating caregiver and family effects in economic evaluations of child health, Werner B.F. Brouwer, N. Job A. van Exel & J. Mick Tilford4. Measurement of health utilities in children, Lillian Sung, Stavrous Petrou & Wendy J. Ungar5. The use of value of information methods in the design and evaluation of clinical trials, Andrew R WillanApplications6. Economic evaluations of newborn screening, Scott D. Grosse7. Economic evaluation in child protection: what are the special challenges? Part 1. Economic evaluation in child protection, Kim Dalziel, Leonie Segal & Julie RatcliffeEconomic evaluation in child protection: what are the special challenges? Part 2. Economic evaluation in child welfare, E. Michael FosterEconomic evaluation in child protection: what are the special challenges? Part 3. Economic evaluation in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Y. Ingrid Goh, Gideon Koren & Wendy J. Ungar8. Obstacles to the economic evaluation of specialist child and adolescent mental health services, Sarah Byford9. Is more aggressive treatment of pediatric traumatic brain injury worth it?, J. Mick Tilford & Ali I. Raja10. Economic evaluations in the management of paediatric asthma, Jonathan D. Campbell & Sean D. Sullivan11. Economic evaluation of childhood vaccines, Damian G Walker, Philippe Beutels & Raymond Hutubessy12. Economic evaluation of dengue prevention, Donald S. Shepard & Jose A. SuayaUsing Evidence for Decision-Making13. Economic evaluations of interventions for children in the developing world: the WHO-CHOICE approach, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, Moses Aikins, Robert Black, Lara Wolfson, Raymond Hutubessy & David B. Evans14. Evidence-based decision-making in child health: the role of clinical research and economic evaluation, Gillian Currie, Sarah Curtis & Terry Klassen15. Should health gains by children be given the same value as health gains by adults in an economic evaluation framework?, Stavros Petrou16. Health technology assessment in child health, Vania Costa & Wendy J. Ungar

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