"Evaluation of Health Services" ed. by Sandeep Reddy

This volume is dedicated to the costs and resources of delivering health services. In this book, various evaluation studies are detailed, providing an excellent resource for both evaluation practitioners and academics alike. This book will act as a ready resource for both workers experienced in health service evaluation and those intending to learn about burden of disease of evaluation.

As the costs and resources of delivering health services have increased over the years, the importance of evaluating health services and interventions has become essential. An evaluation provides a systematic process of assessing the efficacy and efficiency of health services, including an assessment of their impact on beneficiaries, whether it be individuals or communities. Evaluation in the health sector includes the evaluation of burden disease where human and economic costs resulting from poor health are measured.
The geographical range and variety of case studies showcase how evaluation has become integral for health service planning and assessment and to assist public health policy makers decide how to use limited resources to minimize burden and inequity.

Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Evaluation of Health Services
2.Value-Based Evaluation of Chinese Provincial Health Insurance Policy Schemes
3.Age- and Sex-Specific Burden of Morbidity and Disability in India: A Current Scenario
4.Evaluating the Efficiency of a Collaborative Learning Network in Supporting Third Sector Organisations in the UK
5.Outbreak of Cholera Due to Cyclone Idai in Central Mozambique (2019)
6.Weighing Price and Performance for Decisions for Multisource Pharmaceutical Bidding in Public Hospitals in Thailand
7.The Burden of Informal Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Patients: An Estimation to Portugal
8.Methodology of Estimating Socioeconomic Burden of Disease Using National Health Insurance (NHI) Data