Value of Information for Healthcare Decision-Making

The Value of Information for Healthcare Decision-Making provides a comprehensive overview of Value of Information (VOI) methods, simplifies VOI, showcases state-of-the-art techniques, and includes an R statistical software package. It is designed for health economic modellers and researchers to perform VOI analysis in health economic evaluations, with a focus on improving understanding and making methods easier to use.

Format: Hardback
Length: 292 pages
Publication date: 08 February 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Value of Information (VOI) is a crucial concept in healthcare decision-making, as it helps to assess the sensitivity of decisions to assumptions and prioritize future research. This book provides a comprehensive overview of VOI, simplifying it for a broader audience. It showcases state-of-the-art techniques for computing VOI and includes a comprehensive R statistical software package. The book demonstrates the use of VOI methods with real-world decision models to illustrate key concepts.

The primary audience for this book is health economic modellers and researchers, in industry, government, or academia, who wish to perform VOI analysis in health economic evaluations. It is also relevant for postgraduate researchers and students in health economics or medical statistics who are required to learn the principles of VOI or undertake VOI analyses in their projects. The overall goal of this book is to improve the understanding of these methods and make them easier to use, thus contributing to better healthcare decision-making.

Weight: 740g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367741013