Economic Evaluation in Genomic Medicine

Economic Evaluation in Genomic Medicine introduces health economics and economic evaluation to genomic clinicians and researchers, while also introducing the topic to health economists.

Each chapter includes an executive summary, questions, and case studies, along with supplementary online materials, including process guides, maps, flow charts, diagrams, and economic evaluation spreadsheets to enhance the learning process.

The text can easily be used as course material for related graduate and undergraduate courses, providing a succinct overview of the existing, state-of-the-art application of economic evaluation to genomic healthcare and precision medicine.

Interrelates economic evaluation and genomic medicineInstructs healthcare professionals and bioscientists about economic evaluation in genomic medicineTeaches health economists about application of economic evaluation in genomic medicineIntroduces health economics and economic evaluation to clinicians and researchers involved in genomicsIncludes process guides, maps, flow charts and diagrams

1. Economic evaluation in healthcare: Evidence-based medicine and evidence-based health economics
2. Genomic Medicine today: an introduction for health economists
3. Economic evaluation and genomic medicine: What can they learn from each other?
4. Introduction to the technical issues of economic evaluation
5. Advanced methodological aspects in the economic evaluation
6. Economic evaluation in the genomic era: Some examples from the field
7. Special requirements for economic evaluation and health technology assessment in genomic medicine
8. A new methodological approach for cost-effectiveness analysis in Genomic Medicine
9. Conclusions and future perspectives