Simon Eckermann

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Health Economics from Theory to Practice (eBook, PDF)

Optimally Informing Joint Decisions of Research, Reimbursement and Regulation with Health System Budget Constraints and Community Objectives

Beschreibung

Identifies evaluation principles and methods that enable constrained optimisation of joint research, reimbursement and reimbursement decisions

Principles and methods are illustrated across health promotion, prevention, palliative and aged care settings addressing challenges of baby boomer ageing

Health shadow price and value of information methods are shown to point towards research required for better integration and pricing of existing and new technologies

Demonstrates distinct advantages of the net benefit correspondence theorem in comparing multiple strategies, multiple outcomes and efficiency in practice

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Autor

Simon Eckermann is Senior Professor of Health Economics at the Australian Health Services Research Institute and University of Wollongong. His research interests include robust methods for cost effectiveness evidence synthesis and translation, multiple strategy and efficiency comparisons allowing for quality of care consistent with maximising net benefit, multiplier methods in health promotion settings, multiple domain comparisons in palliative care settings and value of information methods for optimally informing joint research, reimbursement, implementation and pricing decisions.

In the last 15 years Prof. Eckermann has published more than 60 related health economics papers in high impact international health economics, policy and medical journals and taught associated principles and methods to more than 500 students from a wide range of clinical, research, policy and health technology assessment backgrounds, primarily in the Health Economics from Theory to Practice course developed with Professor Andrew Willan. He also actively sits on and undertakes guideline revision and health economics educational activities for bodies including the PBAC Economic Sub-Committee, Palliative Care Trials Scientific Committee, Prostheses List Advisory Committee, Victorian Cancer Agency and Food Standards ANZ and is a CI on competitive research grants totalling more than a $25 million over the past decade.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319506135
• Artikelnr.: 53033679