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Health economics is a relatively new discipline, characterised by
the integration of different expertise and perspectives. Clearly, the
clinical aspect is fundamental and the clinical background plays
a basic role in the denition of any health economic evaluation.
However, in its modern incarnation, health economics is effectively
identied by the integration of economic models and increasingly
advanced statistical techniques, particularly under the Bayesian
approach.
Bayesian Methods in Health Economics focuses on the theory
and practice of Bayesian analysis and its application to decision-
making ...