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View all ESP coursesHealth Economics [ESP25]
Course highlights
EC points
0.7
Start date
17 August 2020
End date
21 August 2020
Course days
Monday to Friday (5 afternoons)
Course time
From 13:00 till 16:00 CEST
Faculty
Dr. Ken Redekop
Course fee
€ 490
Location
Online
Level
Introductory
Prerequisites
Methods of Health Services Research or equivalent knowledge.
Disciplines
- Health Economics
Course Materials
Online, download instructions will be sent before the start of the course, by e-mail.
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Description
Faculty: Ken Redekop, PhD
Economic thinking is becoming increasingly important in health care.This course begins with a two day introduction of main concepts of health economics. The remaining three days are used to provide students with more in depth knowledge. The student will learn to analyze the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions (e.g., medicine, diagnostic test, health care programme).
Both methodology and practical examples will be covered. Exercises are used to illustrate the various steps in economic thinking.
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Objectives
By the end of this course participants:
- Will understand basic principles of health economics and their application at various levels (including country-level and hospital-level policy making and single technology assessments);
- Will be able to describe the aims and steps of a cost-effectiveness analysis, as well as the role of related activities such as computer modelling, cost analysis, and quality of life assessment;
- Will be able to perform some basic level cost-effectiveness analyses through computer exercises.
Assessment
Attendance