First edition Highly Commended in the BMA Medical Book Awards
2013!
Here's what the judges said: "This is one of the few textbooks I would
suggest every clinician reads."
From reviews of the first edition:
"This is a clearly written and accessible introduction to health
economics... This book should prove useful to all those responsible for
planning and delivering health service. It is a quick read but also a
useful reference for the desk.... I would commend this book as a means
by which people .... can better understand both the impact of their own
practice on our health economy and also appreciate the methods that are
being adopted to determine clinical practice at a regional and
super-regional level."
Ulster Medical Journal, 2014
Healthcare Economics Made Easy, second edition, is a clear and
concise text written for those working in healthcare who need to
understand the basics of the subject but who do not want to wade through
a specialist health economics text. This new edition builds on the
success of the first edition by adding new chapters which provide a
comparison across several western economies, as well as a consideration
of the US healthcare system.
Healthcare Economics Made Easy, second edition, will equip the
reader with the necessary skills to make valid decisions based on the
economic data and with the background knowledge to understand the health
economics literature. This book provides insight into the economic
methods that are used to promote public health policies, the techniques
used for grading and valuing evidence and the statistics relied upon,
without trying to re-train the reader as a health economist.
If you are left bemused by terms such as QALY, health utility analysis
and cost minimization analysis, then this is the book for you!
