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Humana Cardiovascular Health Care Economics by William S. Weintraub
An illuminating and timely synthesis of methodological and clinical studies showing how medical costs can be established, how the value of clinical outcomes can be assessed, and how difficult choices can be rationally made. The methodological chapters review the conceptual and practical issues involved in estimating and interpreting health care costs, making health status and utility assessments, and statistically analyzing cost-effectiveness and clinical trials. The clinical chapters apply these methods to the major clinical areas of cardiology-primary prevention of coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes, angioplasty vs coronary bypass surgery, CABG vs medicine, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and cardiac surgery. Additional chapters consider the use of economic studies for policy purposes and the future of Medicare under a balanced budget in an aging America. Part I. MethodsNonfederal US Hospital CostsSteven D. Culler and Adam AtherlyEstimating the Costs of Cardiac Care Provided by the Hospitals of the US Department of Veterans AffairsPaul G. Barnett, Patricia Lin, and Todd H. WagnerEstimating the Costs of Health Care Resources in CanadaGordon BlackhouseUS Physician Costs: Conceptual and Methodological Issues and Selected ApplicationsEdmund R. BeckerIndirect Health Care Costs: An OverviewStephen J. BoccuzziHealth Status AssessmentJohn A. Spertus and Mark W. ConardUtility AssessmentJohn A. Spertus and Robert F. Nease, Jr.Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness AnalysisRobert F. Nease, Jr.Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Alongside Clinical Trials: Statistical and Methodological IssuesElizabeth M. Mahoney and Haitao ChuPart II. Clinical ApplicationsCosts of Care and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Primary Prevention of Coronary Artery DiseaseKevin A. Schulman and Padma KaulEconomics of Therapy for Acute Coronary SyndromesDaniel B. MarkCost-Effectiveness of Percutaneous Coronary InterventionsDavid J. Cohen and Ameet BakhaiEconomic Comparisons of Coronary Angioplasty and Coronary Bypass SurgeryMark A. HlatkyCosts of Coronary Artery Surgery and Cost-Effectiveness of CABG vs MedicineSean C. Beinart and William S. WeintraubCosts of Care and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Other Cardiac SurgeryVinod H. Thourani and William S. WeintraubCongestive Heart FailureMikhail Torosoff, Claude-Laurent Sader, and Edward F. Philbin, IIICurrent Economic Evidence Using Noninvasive Cardiac TestingLeslee J. Shaw, Rita Redberg, and Charles DenhamCost-Effective Care in the Management of Conduction Disease and ArrhythmiasDavid J. Malenka and Edward CatherwoodComparing Cost-Utility Analyses in Cardiovascular MedicineWolfgang C. Winkelmayer, David J. Cohen, Marc L. Berger, and Peter J. NeumannBeyond Heart Disease: Cost-Effectiveness as a Guide to Comparing Alternate Approaches to Improving the Nation's HealthTammy O. Tengs and Nicholas P. EmptageUsing Economic Studies for Policy PurposesRajiv Shah and Kevin G. M. VolppMedicare, the Aging of America, and the Balanced BudgetPaul HeidenreichAfterword: The Future of Economics in Cardiovascular Care and ResearchWilliam S. WeintraubIndex