Statistical Topics in Health Economics and Outcomes Research PDF

Preface

With the ever-rising costs associated with health care, evidence generation through health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) plays an increasingly important role in decision-making regarding the allocation of scarce resources. HEOR aims to address the comparative effectiveness of alternative interventions and their associated costs using data from diverse sources and rigorous analytical methods.

While there is a great deal of literature on HEOR, there appears to be a need for a volume that presents a coherent and unified review of the major issues that arise in application, especially from a statistical perspective. Accordingly, this monograph is intended to fill a literature gap in this important area by way of giving a general overview on some of the key analytical issues. As such, this monograph is intended for researchers in the health care industry, including those in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, and government, who have an interest in HEOR. This volume can also be used as a resource by both statisticians and nonstatisticians alike, including epidemiologists, outcomes researchers, and health economists, as well as health care policy- and decision-makers

Authors: Demissie Alemayehu, PhD, Joseph C. Cappelleri, PhD, Birol Emir, PhD, Kelly H. Zou, PhD, Pstat