Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basics of economics, health economics, and pharmacoeconomics / Alan Haycox, Angela Boland and Tom Walley -- The economics of health care and healthcare systems / Ruth McDonald and Tom Walley -- The policy context for pharmacoeconomics / Ruth McDonald and Tom Walley -- Pharmacoeconomics : an industry perspective / Pippa Anderson, Adam Lloyd, and David Grant -- Disease management and the technique of programme budgeting and marginal analysis / Ruth McDonald, Steve Chapman, and Julia Bottomley -- Cost of illness studies / Tom Walley and Judith Strobl -- Approaches to pharmacoeconomic analysis / Dyfrig Hughes, Antonieta Medina Lara, and Ruben Mujica-Mota -- Pharmacoeconomics and clinical trials / Alan Haycox -- Modelling in health economics / Dyfrig Hughes -- Quality assurance in pharmacoeconomic analyses / Alan Haycox -- The future challenges / Alan Haycox ... [et al.].