This work provides a guide to how economics can be used to manage scarcity of resources in health services. It outlines the principles of economics in a non-technical manner, before going on to address the issues of how to apply the principles in day to day health services management.

Craig Mitton is the author of Priority Setting Toolkit: Guide to the Use of Economics in Healthcare Decision Making, published by Wiley.

Cameron Richard Donaldson is a health economist. He holds the Yunus Chair in Social Business & Health and is Pro Vice Chancellor at Glasgow Caledonian University, the University for the Common Good.