Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/h4hat1n Bayesian Methods in Health Economics By: Gianluca Baio Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC Print ISBN: 9781439895559, 1439895554 eText ISBN: 9781439895566, 1439895562 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2012 Format: PDF Available from $ 23.18 USD SKU 9781439895566R90 Health economics is concerned with the study of the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions. This book provides an overview of Bayesian methods for the analysis of health economic data. After an introduction to the basic economic concepts and methods of evaluation, it presents Bayesian statistics using accessible mathematics. The next chapters describe the theory and practice of cost-effectiveness analysis from a statistical viewpoint, and Bayesian computation, notably MCMC. The final chapter presents three detailed case studies covering cost-effectiveness analyses using individual data from clinical trials, evidence synthesis and hierarchical models and Markov models. The text uses WinBUGS and JAGS with datasets and code available online. Additional ISBNs 9781322622309, 1322622302
