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A guide to Health Economics Resources on the 'net'.
The Office of Health Economics interactive " e_source ''. It is aimed at post-16 students of economic courses, although it contains much that should also be of interest to anyone wishing to understand the basic principles of health care economics. Consists of five units looking at different ways economists have approached the problem of health care.
A presentation by Tom Jefferson. Part of the Epidemiology 'Supercourse'.
From the BMJ.
| The University of Oxford's Health Economics Research Centre has downloads in pdf format of the Annual report and papers from the Health Economists’ Study Group Meeting. |
An online distance learning course from the World Bank Flagship Program. Includes lessons and exercises.
HEDS promotes excellence in national and international health care resource allocation decisions, through applied and theoretical research funded by the public and private sector; and supporting the effective implementation of the results of such research through education, training and management interventions. Includes downloadable copies of discussion papers.
A searchable database of economic evaluations.
The Evidence Based health care journal. Available online.
Available online.
BIOMed Central's journal which covers all aspects of economic evaluation in health care and health policy issues relating to resource allocation and the trade-offs between economic, ethical and social critieria for decision-making.
Journal with many articles available for downloading in pdf format.
HSR provides those engaged in research, public policy formulation, and health services management with the latest findings, methods, and thinking on important policy and practice issues. A database of abstracts is available for browsing.
Searchable abstracts and index. Full text of articles available online to subscribers only.
An International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation - Official Journal of the International Society for Quality of Life Research. Available online to subscribers.
The official journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.
| Health Economics Organisations |
The UK organisation for Health Economists
ISPOR is an international organisation which acts as a scientific leader relevant to research in pharmacoeconomics, health outcomes assessment, and related issues of public policy.
IHEA was formed to increase communication among health economists, foster a higher standard of debate in the application of economics to health and health care systems, and assist young researchers at the start of their careers.
UK Health Economics discussion list.
| Quality of Life Instruments |
Developed by the Information Resources Centre of Mapi Research Institute in collaboration with Dr.Marcello Tamburini Director, Unit of Psychology, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
Designed for researchers, clinicians, industrial groups, and other interested parties who wish to learn about patient-oriented quality of life (QOL) measures that are useful in the study and management of respiratory disease.
from the Cancer Control Journal.
From the Center for Quality of Life Research in Nursing Science at the University of Bergen. With a Quality of Life Scale available as a pdf file.
Working Paper by Rod O'Connor of the National Centre for Health Program Evaluation Melbourne, Australia.
(Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy) Webpage. Includes multilingual versions of various scales in pdf format.
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