Quality of Life & Pharmacoeconomics: An Introduction by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Quality of Life & Pharmacoeconomics: An Introduction will familiarize students, clinicians, and researchers with the key principles and methods of quality-of-life and cost-effectiveness assessment in clinical trials. The book is based on abstracted material from the Second Edition of Dr. Spilker's definitive reference, Quality of Life and Pharmacoeconomics in Clinical Trials (1996). The material has been edited, condensed, and streamlined to provide a broad overview of approaches to quality-of-life assessment, evaluations of outcomes, and pharmacoeconomic methods. The integration of these three areas is one of the most valuable features of this introduction. Quality of Life & Pharmacoeconomics: An Introduction is divided into seven sections: introduction; social and psychological assessment; selected tests for quality-of-life assessment; reported methodology; special populations and specific diseases; utilities and outcomes; and pharmacoeconomics. Each section summarizes the crucial issues and provides selected referencesRead more Quality of Life & Pharmacoeconomics: An Introduction
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Quality of Life and Pharmacoeconomics in Clinical Trials by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
The Second Edition of this groundbreaking work refines the art and science of quality of life assessment and pharmacoeconomics and redefines the role of these evaluation parameters in clinical trials and health care decision-making. Dr. Spilker has assembled more than 200 experts from diverse clinical, research, and social science disciplines to provide a comprehensive reference on the methodology, interpretation, and use of quality of life and pharmacoeconomic studies. Expanded to four times its predecessor's size and scope, the Second Edition features: all-new sections on pharmacoeconomics and crucial health policy issues such as outcomes research a new, extensive section on cross-cultural and cross-national issues in quality of life assessment detailed information on specific tests and measures of quality of life comprehensive guidelines on choosing and administering tests and analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data many chapters on new topics such as phenomenology, assessment of spiritual status, and alternative/complementary medical treatmentsRead more Quality of Life and Pharmacoeconomics in Clinical Trials