Qualitative Methods for Health Economics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Coast, Joanna

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Qualitative methods are increasingly used within health economics research, but there is almost no specific material to guide the use of these methods in this context; there is very little that links them to the specific questions that (health) economists ask or that provides guidance on analyzing from an 'economic' or 'resource-focused' perspective. Whilst the main themes within the book will look very similar to those in many other texts on qualitative research methods, they will: Apply the concepts familiar from qualitative methods to health economics issues in a way that is meaningful in this specific context; Work within an economic analytical approach where the analytic focus is on issues around scarcity and resource allocation; Incorporate examples that are relevant to health economists grappling with resource allocation problems in health care.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216249887
• Artikelnr.: 75141008

Autorenporträt

Joanna Coast is a Professor in the Economics of Health & Care at the University of Bristol. She has published numerous papers on the role and implementation of qualitative methods in health economics and one of her main research areas is in end of life care.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why use qualitative methods in health economics? Joanna Coast
/ Part 1: Choices about methods / 1. Theoretical positions and
methodological choices, Joanna Coast and Louise Jackson / 2. Designing
qualitative research studies in health economics, Joanna Coast, Amanda
Owen-Smith and Philip Kinghorn / 3. Understanding sampling, Amanda
Owen-Smith and Joanna Coast / 4. Understanding data collection: interviews,
focus groups and observation, Amanda Owen-Smith and Joanna Coast / 5.
Understanding primary data analysis, Joanna Coast and Louise Jackson / 6.
Understanding secondary data analysis, Hareth Al-Janabi and Amanda
Owen-Smith / 7. Presenting qualitative data for health economics, Joanna
Coast / Part II: Empirical case studies / A. Using qualitative methods to
improve quantitative economic methods / 8. Qualitative methods in discrete
choice experiments: two case studies , Jane Vosper, Joanna Coast and Terry
Flynn/ 9. Using qualitative methods to develop a preference based health
related quality of life measure for use in economic evaluation - the
development of the Child Health Utility 9D, Katherine Stevens / 10.
Constructing statement sets for use in Q methodology studies, Rachel Baker,
Neil McHugh and Helen Mason / 11. Using non-participant observation and
think-aloud to understand and improve modelling processes, Samantha
Husband, Sue Jowett, Pelham Barton and Joanna Coast / 12. Incorporating
novel qualitative methods within health economics: the use of pictorial
tools, Alastair Canaway, Hareth Al-Janabi, Philip Kinghorn, Cara Bailey,
and Joanna Coast / B. Using qualitative methods to improve understanding of
quantitative economic findings / 13. Using think-aloud to understand
measure completion, Cara Bailey, Philip Kinghorn and Joanna Coast / 14.
Getting beyond the numbers: using qualitative methods to explore the
validity of health state valuation techniques, Suzanne Robinson / 15. Use
of deliberative methods to facilitate and enhance understanding of the
weighting of survey attributes, Philip Kinghorn, Alastair Canaway, Cara
Bailey and Joanna Coast / C: using qualitative methods to improve economic
understanding / 16. Contributions of qualitative methods to the study of
priority setting and resource allocation in health care, Neale Smith / 17.
Using cost-effectiveness evidence in making priority gradings - the case of
the Swedish national guidelines for heart diseases Nathalie Eckhard and
Ann-Charlotte Nedlund / 18. Using qualitative methods in impact evaluation
- the case of the results-based financing for maternal and neonatal care
impact evaluation in Malawi Manuela De Allegri / 19. An assessment of an
international declaration on aid effectiveness through qualitative methods
at the country level Melisa Martinez-Álvarez / Conclusion: Moving forward -
issues in qualitative methods in health economics, Joanna Coast and
colleagues