1. Introduction and methods -- 2. Rational decision-making and health economies -- 3. The HA context: an overview -- 4. Case study I: a cost-effectiveness analysis of cholesterol-lowering drugs -- 5. Case study II: system-wide modelling of CHD services in Poppleton HA -- 6. Case study III: statins, heart failure and chest pain in Baxby -- 7. Towards understanding
Summary
"Using Health Economics in Health Services examines the impact of attempts to use 'rational' health economic analyses on local decision-making in the National Health Service. The book presents findings from an ethnographic study of one health authority and one primary care group to present a rich picture of the processes and contexts of healthcare resource allocation at local level."--BOOK JACKET
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [170]-178) and index
