Bayesian Cost-Effectiveness Analysis with the R package BCEA

• Main Authors: Baio, Gianluca (Author), Berardi, Andrea (Author), Heath, Anna (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Use R!,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Health informatics.; Practice of medicine.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Health Economics.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.; Health Informatics.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Practice and Hospital Management.

The book provides a description of the process of health economic evaluation and modelling for cost-effectiveness analysis, particularly from the perspective of a Bayesian statistical approach. Some relevant theory and introductory concepts are presented using practical examples and two running case...

Table of Contents:

• Bayesian analysis in health economics
• Case studies
• BCEA — a R package for Bayesian cost-effectiveness analysis
• Probabilistic sensitivity analysis using BCEA
• BCEAweb: a user-friendly web-app to use BCEA.