Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Counselling in Health CareRoutledge, 2021 M03 4 - 224 pages Limited resources in health care mean that the value of counselling is decided in a highly competitive economic arena. Keith Tolley and Nancy Rowland have written a practical guide to the basic principles of evaluating cost-effectiveness to enable counsellors and service providers to carry out analysis for themselves. They provide helpful definitions of technical terms and use case studies to demonstrate how to apply the theory in different contexts. |
Contents
| 11 | |
costeffectiveness | 34 |
reviewing the evidence | 48 |
problem definition objectives and options | 81 |
study design | 94 |
cost measurement | 103 |
outcome measurement | 124 |
Analysing costeffectiveness data | 139 |
Counselling case studies | 163 |
Other editions - View all
Evaluating the Cost-effectiveness of Counselling in Health Care Keith Tolley,Nancy Rowland No preview available - 1995 |
Evaluating the Cost-effectiveness of Counselling in Health Care Keith Tolley,Nancy Rowland No preview available - 1995 |
Evaluating the Cost-effectiveness of Counselling in Health Care Keith Tolley,Nancy Rowland No preview available - 1995 |
Common terms and phrases
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