Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes (Oxford Medical Publications)

This is a great text to introduce readers to the many overlapping aims and approaches to economic evaluation methods. I think some of the lack luster reviews stem from the narrative format of the book. It's relatively dense content and the layout is full edge-to-edge small, single column small text. It is certainly daunting when you thumb through it. Public health economists often recommend this book as a introductory graduate textbook in economic evaluation but it's really more of a compilation of dense essays than a cogent textbook. You really have to book out an hour or two to read a chapter start to finish to really get the takeaway message. Skimming to a section using the index as a reference simply doesn't work. That said, I appreciated the book's extended effort to present multiple sides of arguments, explain the basis for each, and try to reconcile methodological differences. If you're looking for a how-to manual, this is not it; but if you really want to wrestle with how we approach economic evaluation, this book is a great addition.

Well written

This is a revered textbook and every physician and medical professional must have it to understand health care industry.

As another reviewer commented, the author does not explain concepts well in an easy to follow way. Had to read some sections several times to make sense of what the author is trying to say while other sections I threw my hands up and decided it wasn't worth trying to figure out. For context, I have a master's in nutritional science thus, I have read my fair share on complex subjects. This writing seems unnecessarily complex.

Great read.

This is a great book in economic evaluation n healthcare programs. I really love this book.

Very clear

The book covers almost all the aspect of CEA with great details and provides really good perspectives to the field. However, the content in this newer edition is organized very differently from that in previous editions (not in a good way to me). Also, the language in the book is unnecessarily difficult for understanding at the first sight (convoluted long sentences make simple concepts hard to be grasped). As the authors' perspective is from UK or European health system, you will need some extra time to translate into US system.