By Bruce Hollingsworth, Stuart J. Peacock
November 24, 2009
This book provides a concise synthesis of leading edge research in the theory and practise of efficiency measurement in health and health care. Whilst much of the literature in this area is confusing and impregnable, Hollingsworth and Peacock show the logical links between the economic theory ...
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By Sara Bennett, Lucy Gilson, Anne Mills
February 10, 2009
Accessible and edited by authors based at a top institution, this book provides readers with an excellent summary in an easy-to-read style of this burgeoning field of research. In this volume Bennett, Gilson and Mills have gathered together essays written by academics and experts in the fields of ...
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By Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen, Gavin Mooney
September 06, 2006
Evidence based medicine is defined as the conscientious explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. This superb collection takes a critical view of this concept and examines the economic implications of its imposition....