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Primary health care teams play a pivotal role in the health care system. As gatekeepers to the health service their decisions have significant impact on people's health and on health service resource use. Health economic evaluation uses a range of strategies and tactics whereby the estimates of relative value can be ascertained and interpreted. These tools are needed, as it is no longer acceptable for decision-makers to simply choose strategies that work, or even those that work best, but rather those that work best subject to the best use of resources.

This pack provides a way into the sometimes complex world of health economics. It is a practical guide on what health economics can do for the primary care professional. The aim is to enable better understanding, criticism and interpretation of published economic evaluations in medical literature and to provide the tools needed to carry out your own economic evaluations.

This resource packs suggests further reading, resources and websites as well as supplying a glossary of terms.


Download a pdf version of Health Economic Evaluation (updated 2007)

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