Learning outcomes

After the course, student knows the main methods used in the economic evaluation of health care. Student also knows the limitations of these methods and is able to apply the methods in practice.

Contents

Economic evaluation and its application to the economic evaluation of health care and treatments, non-welfarist approaches, evaluation of medical tests and Markov modelling.

Teaching methods

lectures and exercises

Teaching language

Evaluation

Study materials

1. Material instructed by the lecturer.
2. Gray, A. M.; Clarke, P. M.; Wolstenholme, J. L. & Wordsworth, S. (2011): Applied Methods of Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Healthcare. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Optional books:
1. Brazier, J.; Ratcliffe, J.; Salomon, J.  & Tsuchiya, A. (2007): Measuring and valuing health benefits for economic evaluation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. Drummond, M. & McGuire, A. (2001) (eds.): Economic evaluation in health care: merging theory with practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Belongs to following study modules

2014–2015

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

KATTAS33 Cost-Benefit Analysis in Health Care