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Bayesian methods in health economics /
Health economics is concerned with the study of the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions. This book provides an overview of Bayesian methods for the analysis of health economic data. After an introduction to the basic economic concepts and methods of evaluation, it presents Bayesian stati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Boca Raton, Fla. ; London :
Chapman & Hall/CRC,
2013.
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| Colección: | Chapman & Hall/CRC biostatistics series ;
53. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
| Sumario: | Health economics is concerned with the study of the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions. This book provides an overview of Bayesian methods for the analysis of health economic data. After an introduction to the basic economic concepts and methods of evaluation, it presents Bayesian statistics using accessible mathematics. The next chapters describe the theory and practice of cost-effectiveness analysis from a statistical viewpoint, and Bayesian computation, notably MCMC. The final chapter presents three detailed case studies covering cost-effectiveness analyses using individual. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781439895566 1439895562 |