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World Health Organisation CHOosing Interventions that are Cost Effective (WHO-CHOICE). Homepage for many resources relating to methods and data sources for economic evaluations as undertaken by WHO. Mainly focused on low and middle-income countries.

Latest NHS and pharmaceutical news - probably the best of many sources

Economic evaluation database containing over 2,000 citations from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2008 and continues to be updated. Only includes interventions directed at the paediatric population including neonates, infants, children, or adolescents less than 19 years.

These are MDM web-based resources based on US population analyses by Sullivan et al 2006. The ICD-9 calculator produces figures based on age, gender, race, income and occupation. The SF-12 converter is based on MCS and PCS and also produces a standard error.

APHO supports joint working across the PHOs to produce information, data and intelligence on people's health and health care for practitioners, policy makers and the wider community. The high quality public health intelligence is central to both local and central government health policy and decision-making. With specialist knowledge and a wealth of information and analytical skills across our network, APHO is able to provide access to a range of national and international public health data, methodological and audit tools. (funnel plots are also included)

The tariff describes what will be paid to pharmacy contractors for NHS services. In which circumstances is this more appropriate than the BNF?

Free data relating to inpatient and outpatient activity. Inpatient data classified by ICD-10 and procedures by OPCS-4; these are very detailed classifications.

Nationally negotiated prices for generic and branded drugs

Link page through to the latest edition of 'Unit Costs'.

Life tables giving life expectancies and annual probabilities of death for for all ages

Agenda for change pay scales 2009/2010. These relate to most NHS staff other than doctors.

Data for individual councils on residential, nursing, day care and home help. The unit costs will be of most use in economic evaluation

A very basic glossary with links to source documents.