An introduction to the basic principles of health economics for those involved in the development and delivery of headache care.
Against a background of increasing demands on limited resources, health economics is gaining an increasing impact on decision making and a basic understanding of the subject is important for all those involved in headache research and service delivery at whatever level. This paper is not intended as a review of the literature in the area of headache economics but discusses some general principles of health economics from the perspective of headache, with a focus on cost of illness studies and economic evaluation.
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St Thomas Health Centre, Exeter, UK. su1838@eclipse.co.uk
D017281:Cost of Illness; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006261:Headache / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans