Economic evaluation in health care (P03044)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HEA-P-ECEVHC

The aim of this course is to provide students with a critical understanding of the principles of health economics and of issues arising from their application to policy issues.

The course examines how economic evaluation is used to inform decision making in health care. Starting with economic concepts of scarcity, opportunity costs and efficiency, the course assesses the role of economic evaluation in decisions about alternative resource allocations and priority setting at various levels in a health care system. Among the topics examined are measuring and valuing outcomes, study design, types of economic evaluation, discounting, uncertainty, sensitivity analysis; the impact of economic evaluation in practice, its limits, and implementation problems.

Entry Requirements

? Prohibited combinations : Resource allocation and health economics P01460

Subject Areas

Home subject area

International Public Health Policy, (School of Health in Social Science, Schedule D)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Block 2 only

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	14:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students will:
• be able to explain the rationale for the use of economic evaluation in health care.
• have a critical understanding of various types of economic evaluation and know when to use them.
• be able to demonstrate the skills to understand and interpret published studies on economic evaluation of health care interventions.
• have a critical understanding of the limitations of economic evaluation.