Evidence-Based Decisions and Economics: Health Care, Social Welfare, Education and Criminal Justice (Evidence-Based Medicine)

by Miranda Mugford (Author), Cam Donaldson (Author), IanShemilt (Author), Luke Vale (Author), KevinMarsh (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $47.45

  The need for evidence-based decisions that take account of botheffectiveness and economics is greater now than ever. Using casestudies and illustrative examples throughout the authors describehow the activities and outputs of evidence synthesis, systematicreview, economic analysis and decision-making interact within andacross different spheres of health and social policy and practice.

  Expanding on the first edition the book now covers approaches toevidence synthesis that combine economics and systematic reviewmethods in the applied fields of social welfare, education andcriminal justice, as well as health care. Written by economists andhealth services researchers closely involved in developingevidence-based policy and practice it showcases currentstate-of-the-art methodology and will be an invaluable read for allpolicy-makers and practitioners using evidence to inform decisions,analysts conducting research to support decisions and studentsdiscovering the need for evidence-based decisions to incorporateeconomic perspectives and evidence.