Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Improve Health Care: Opportunities and Barriers

Abstract

J ust when you thought it was safe to dismiss cost effectiveness analysis as another dry and boring topic, of interest only to geeky economists or hard hearted bureaucrats, a book has emerged that makes the subject unexpectedly compelling. Peter J Neumann Oxford University Press, £21.50, pp 224 ISBN 0 19 517186 1 Rating: ![Graphic][1] ![Graphic][2] ![Graphic][3] ![Graphic][4] ![Graphic][5] The Harvard academic Peter Neumann passionately and eloquently articulates why we should all take more of an interest in how our health system gets value for money from medical treatments and technologies. More importantly it … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif [3]: /embed/inline-graphic-3.gif [4]: /embed/inline-graphic-4.gif [5]: /embed/inline-graphic-5.gif

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