Application of the technique of economic evaluation has increased markedly in the past 5 years. Literature on the techniques of economic evaluation is over 30 years old, and the principal architect of such techniques in Britain is Professor Alan Williams of the University of York. In 1974 he...

Disease management has been marketed by healthcare industry providers as a way of improving resource allocation in healthcare and containing costs. However, to achieve improved efficiency in healthcare requires the guidelines and protocols in the disease management process to be based on sound...