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Economics of Critical Care Medicine, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics - E-Book
(2012)
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Abstract
Topics include: Why Economics Matters to Critical Care Clinicians, Overview of Health Economics: Basics Concept for Clinicians;Health Economic Methods; Costs of Critical Care Medicine; Economic Aspects of Sepsis and Severe Infections; Economic Aspects of Renal Failure and Acute Kidney Injury; Economic Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease; Economics of Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Failure and Comparative Effective Research and Health Care Reform.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Critical Care Clinics | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Table of Contents | v | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Preface: Health Economics and Critical Care | ix | ||
| Dedication | xi | ||
| Chapter 1. Costs of Critical Care Medicine | 1 | ||
| NATIONAL HOSPITAL DATABASES AND CCM DATA | 2 | ||
| CRITICAL CARE COST CALCULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES | 3 | ||
| SUMMARY OF US ICU COST STUDIES | 3 | ||
| ALTERNATIVE USES AND APPROACHES TO SOLVING THE RUSSELL EQUATION | 5 | ||
| LIMITATIONS OF GLOBAL ICU COST APPROACHES | 8 | ||
| COST CONTROL STRATEGIES | 8 | ||
| SUMMARY | 8 | ||
| REFERENCES | 9 | ||
| Chapter 2. Health Economic Methods: Cost-Minimization, Cost- Effectiveness, Cost-Utility, and Cost-Bene.t Evaluations | 11 | ||
| TYPES OF ECONOMIC EVALUATION | 12 | ||
| ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVES | 13 | ||
| IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVES | 14 | ||
| MEASURING COSTS | 14 | ||
| MEASURING OUTCOMES | 15 | ||
| DISCOUNTING AND THE TIME HORIZON | 16 | ||
| COMBINING COSTS AND OUTCOMES | 16 | ||
| ANALYTICAL APPROACHES FOR ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS | 18 | ||
| DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY | 21 | ||
| USING THE RESULTS OF AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION | 22 | ||
| SUMMARY | 22 | ||
| REFERENCES | 22 | ||
| Chapter 3. Economics of ICU Organization and Management | 25 | ||
| PERSPECTIVE REGARDING COSTS | 26 | ||
| COSTS WITHIN THE ICU | 26 | ||
| COSTS WITHIN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM | 31 | ||
| SUMMARY | 32 | ||
| REFERENCES | 32 | ||
| Chapter 4. Economics of Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Failure | 39 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY, OUTCOMES, AND ECONOMIC BURDEN | 39 | ||
| INCREMENTAL COSTS | 40 | ||
| COST EFFECTIVENESS | 42 | ||
| PROLONGED MV | 45 | ||
| NONINVASIVE MV | 49 | ||
| SUMMARY | 51 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 51 | ||
| REFERENCES | 51 | ||
| Chapter 5. The Economics of Sepsis | 57 | ||
| DEFINITIONS | 57 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | 58 | ||
| COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEPSIS AND ITS MANAGEMENT | 59 | ||
| COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSES IN SEPSIS | 64 | ||
| SUMMARY | 70 | ||
| REFERENCES | 71 | ||
| Chapter 6. The Economics of Cardiovascular Disease in the United States | 77 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CVD | 78 | ||
| ECONOMIC BURDEN OF CVD IN THE UNITED STATES | 79 | ||
| COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR CVD | 81 | ||
| COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF SURGICAL TREATMENTS FOR CVD | 83 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 84 | ||
| REFERENCES | 85 | ||
| Chapter 7. Economic Aspects of Preventing Health Care– Associated Infections in the Intensive Care Unit | 89 | ||
| VAP | 91 | ||
| SUMMARY | 96 | ||
| REFERENCES | 96 | ||
| Chapter 8. The Economics of Renal Failure and Kidney Disease in Critically Ill Patients | 99 | ||
| ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY | 99 | ||
| ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS | 102 | ||
| RESOURCES, COST STUDIES, AND ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS | 103 | ||
| SUMMARY | 107 | ||
| REFERENCES | 107 | ||
| Chapter 9. Economic and Outcomes Aspects of Venous Thromboembolic Disease | 113 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VTE IN THE ICU | 114 | ||
| RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH VTE IN THE ICU | 115 | ||
| THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS RECOMMENDATIONS | 115 | ||
| VTE PROPHYLAXIS HEALTH CARE POLICY | 119 | ||
| ECONOMIC BURDEN OF VTE | 119 | ||
| SUMMARY | 121 | ||
| REFERENCES | 121 | ||
| Chapter 10. Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment: Perspectives from Australia and New Zealand | 125 | ||
| HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT DEFINED | 126 | ||
| AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND | 126 | ||
| OVERVIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND HEALTH SYSTEMS | 127 | ||
| HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND | 127 | ||
| PHARMACEUTICALS | 128 | ||
| DEVICES AND SERVICES | 130 | ||
| REFERENCES | 131 | ||
| Index | 135 |