Authors:Ian Shemilt, Miranda Mugford, Luke Vale, Kevin Marsh,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: evidence, based, criminal, education, justice, medicine, welfare, care, decisions, economics, health, social
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2010-05-03
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1405191538
ISBN-13: 9781405191531

The need for evidence-based decisions that take account of both effectiveness and economics is greater now than ever. Using case studies and illustrative examples throughout the authors describe how the activities and outputs of evidence synthesis, systematic review, economic analysis and decision-making interact within and across different spheres of health and social policy and practice. Expanding on the first edition the book now covers approaches to evidence synthesis that combine economics and systematic review methods in the applied fields of social welfare, education and criminal