Book Title: Applied Health Economics: Practical Methods for Evidence-Based Health Decisions
Book Description: This openly available eBook offers a comprehensive and practical guide to applied health economics with relevance to Australian universities and the public health sector. Designed to support both postgraduate students and professionals, while also addressing the real-world needs of policy analysts, researchers, and public health decision-makers. Covering key topics including cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility and cost-benefit frameworks, return on investment, and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), the book also introduces readers to modern modelling techniques such as Markov models. It balances economic rigour with accessibility, allowing readers without extensive economic training to understand and apply these tools effectively. The book features real-world case studies, policy insights, decision tools, and discussion prompts to support deeper engagement and practical use across academia, government, and the public health sector.
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Applied Health Economics: Practical Methods for Evidence-Based Health Decisions Copyright © 2026 by Taha Chaiechi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Applied Health Economics: Practical Methods for Evidence-Based Health Decisions Copyright © 2026 by Taha Chaiechi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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First published in 2026 by James Cook University
To cite this work:
Chaiechi, T. (2026). Applied health economics: Practical methods for evidence-based health decisions James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25120/nwpw-zc12