This is the first known book on economic evaluations specifically geared to oral health professionals. The book serves as a starting point that explains the concepts and tools required for practitioners with little or no formal training or experience in economic evaluation to conduct such evaluations in oral health(care). It provides the foundation for applying economic evaluation principles to oral health programs as well as more advanced technical information for those interested in acquiring knowledge of health economics within the context of oral health care.
In the book, the authors describe the different types of economic evaluation and discuss their role and application in oral health care. Topics explored among the chapters include:- Why carry out an economic evaluation in oral health care?
- Aspects of decision modelling for economic evaluation in oral health care
- Interpreting economic evaluation in oral health
- Worked examples in cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, and cost-utility analyses
- Assessing the quality and usefulness of economic evaluation in oral health: a practical approach for clinicians
- Using economic evaluations to inform decision-making in oral health: Transferability
- Economic evaluation: uses and potential uses in oral health policy development
Introduction to Economic Evaluation in Oral Health Care has an applied orientation that emphasizes practical solutions to managing existing problems and situations in oral health care. As such, the book is essential reading for oral health professionals including dentists, oral health therapists, and dental hygienists, as well as students in the oral health professions. The text is also an appropriate and useful resource for other health practitioners and managers who are interested in enhancing their practical understanding of economic evaluation including health economists and otherhealth professionals and decision-makers.
Table of Contents:
Overview of health economics.- Why carry out an economic evaluation in oral health care?.- Measuring cost in oral health care.- Measuring effectiveness for use in economic evaluations in oral health.- Aspects of decision modelling for economic evaluation in oral health care.- Interpreting economic evaluation in oral health.- Worked example in cost-effectiveness analysis.- Worked example in cost-benefit analysis.- Worked example in cost-utility analysis.- What the literature is telling us about economic evaluation in oral health.- Assessing the quality and usefulness of economic evaluation in oral health: a practical approach for clinicians.- Using economic evaluations to inform decision-making in oral health: Transferability.- Economic evaluation: uses and potential uses in oral health policy development.
About the Author :
Carlos Zaror, DDS, MSc, PhD, is Associate Professor and head of the Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, at Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco, Chile. Currently, he is also head of the Center for Research in Epidemiology, Economics and Oral Public Health (CIEESPO) at the same university.
Prof. Zaror has a dental degree from the University of Frontera, specialist in Pediatric Dentistry from Universidad de Chile, a Master's in Clinical Epidemiology from Universidad de La Frontera, and a PhD in Methodology of Biomedical Research and Public Health from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. His work focuses on health technology assessment in the field of oral health. This has allowed him to contribute to public policies, developing research for the Chilean Ministry of Health and providing expert input into Public Health issues. He has also participated in the preparation of protocols and clinical practice guidelines for the Chilean Ministry of Health. Prof. Zaror has published more than 80 papers in scientific journals, he has been awarded several oral public health research projects and serves as associate editor of BMC Oral Health and the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Dentistry.
Rodrigo Mariño, CD, MPH, PhD is a public health dentist, Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne, Australia, where he has worked since 2004. Prof. Mariño has a dental degree from the University of Chile, a Master's in public health from the University of Minnesota, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne.
Prof. Mariño also has an Honorary appointment with the Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco, Chile, and holds a position at the Population Oral Health and Research, Dental Services, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Prof. Mariño's research strongly focuses on oral health promotion and reducing inequalities in oral health status. Prof. Mariño has excellent research expertise in social epidemiology, health economics, dental workforce issues, public health, migrant health, information and communication technology, gerontology, and population oral health. He has established links and maintains continuous contact and research activities with major research and academic groups in Australia and overseas. Prof. Mariño has published more than 160 papers in scientific journals, several major research reports and 39 book chapters.
Prof. Mariño was the founder and first President of the e-Oral Health Research Network, IADR, and serves on the Editorial Boards of BMC Oral Health, Dental Traumatology, and Gerodontology. Prof. Mariño has also been a consultant to the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization in Washington, DC.
