This book provides the reader with a comprehensive set of instructions and examples of how to perform a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of a health intervention. Developed out of a course run by Jordan Louviere at the University of Technology, Sydney, entitled An Introduction to Stated Preference Discrete Choice Modelling it has a particular focus on the use of stated preference survey methods to identify consumer preference data, as well as the use of recent developments in cost-effectiveness analysis within a CBA framework. In doing so, the most up to date methodologies for CBA are compiled in a comprehensive manner with the aim of advancing the methodology of CBA in healthcare.

Series preface Contributors Web resources Acknowledgements
1. Introduction, Emma McIntosh
2. Methods for evaluating health and healthcare - underlying theory and implications for practical application, Philip Clarke
3. Shadow pricing in healthcare cost benefit analyses, Emma McIntosh
4. Costing methodology for applied cost-benefit analysis in healthcare, Emma McIntosh
5. Valuation and cost-benefit analysis in health and environmental economics, F. Reed Johnson and W.L. (Vic) Adamowicz
6. Benefit assessment for CBA studies in healthcare using CV methods, Emma Frew
7. Benefit assessment for CBA studies in healthcare: A guide to carrying out a stated preference willingness to pay survey in healthcare, Emma Frew
8. Applied cost-benefit analysis in healthcare: An empirical application in spinal surgery, Emma McIntosh, Alastair Gray, Mathias Haefeli, Achim Elfering, Atul Sukthankar and Norbert Boos
9. Using revealed preference methods to value healthcare - the travel cost approach, Philip Clarke
10. Experimental design and the estimation of willingness to pay in choice experiments for health policy evaluation, Richard Carson and Jordan Louviere
11. Benefit assessment for CBA studies in health care using discrete choice experiments: Estimating welfare in a health care setting, Jordan Louviere and Denzil G. Fiebig
12. A practical guide to reporting and presenting stated preference discrete choice experiment results in CBA studies in healthcare, Emma McIntosh
13. The relevance of cost-benefit analysis in healthcare: concluding comments, Emma McIntosh, W.L. (Vic) Adamowicz and F. Reed Johnson