Background: Compared with conventional top down costing, micro-costing may provide a more accurate method of resource-use assessment in economic analyses of surgical interventions, but little is known about its current use. The aim of this study was to systematically-review the use of...

Direct assessment of capability to function may be useful in healthcare settings, but poses many challenges. This paper reports a first investigation of the feasibility of individuals self-reporting their capabilities and the meaning of the responses. The study was conducted in 2010, using...

Theoretical and methodological positions and the choice to use qualitative methods / Joanna Coast and Louise Jackson -- Designing qualitative research studies in health economics / Joanna Coast, Amanda Owen-Smith, and Philip Kinghorn -- Understanding sampling and recruitment / Amanda Owen-Smith...