Qualitative methods for health economics / edited by Joanna Coast.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 and Joanna Coast -- Understanding data collection : interviews, focus groups and observation / Amanda Owen-Smith and Joanna Coast -- Understanding primary data analysis / Joanna Coast and Louise Jackson -- Understanding secondary data analysis / Hareth Al-Janabi and Amanda Owen-Smith -- Presenting and publishing qualitative research in health economics / Joanna Coast -- Introduction to the case studies / Joanna Coast -- Constructing statement sets for use in Q methodology studies / Rachel Baker, Neil McHugh, and Helen Mason -- Qualitative methods in discrete choice experiments : two case studies / Jane Vosper, Joanna Coast, and Terry Flynn -- Using qualitative methods to develop a preference based health related quality of life measure for use in economic evaluation : the development of the Child Health Utility 9D / Katherine Stevens -- Incorporating novel qualitative methods within health economics : the use of pictorial tools / Alastair Canaway, Hareth Al-Janabi, Philip Kinghorn, Cara Bailey, and Joanna Coast -- Using non-participant observation and think-aloud to understand and improve modelling processes / Samantha Husband, Sue Jowett, Pelham Barton, and Joanna Coast -- Using think-aloud and interview data to explore patient and proxy completion of health and capability measures at the end of life / Cara Bailey, Philip Kinghorn, and Joanna Coast -- Getting beyond the numbers : using qualitative methods to explore the validity of health state valuation techniques / Suzanne Robinson -- Use of deliberative methods to facilitate and enhance understanding of the weighting of survey attributes / Philip Kinghorn, Alastair Canaway, Cara Bailey, and Joanna Coast -- Using qualitative methods in impact evaluation : the case of the results-based financing for maternal and neonatal care impact evaluation in Malawi / Manuela De Allegri -- An assessment of an international declaration on aid effectiveness through qualitative methods at the country level / Melisa Martinez-Álvarez -- Using cost-effectiveness evidence in making priority gradings : the case of the Swedish national guidelines for heart diseases / Nathalie Eckard and Ann-Charlotte Nedlund -- Contributions of qualitative methods to the study of priority setting and resource allocation in health care / Neale Smith -- Afterword : walking the disciplinary tightrope / Joanna Coast, Hareth Al-Janabi, Louise Jackson, Philip Kinghorn, Amanda Owen-Smith.