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Postgraduate Course: Economic evaluation in health care (IPHP11018)

Course Outline
School School of Social and Political Science College College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits 10
Home subject area Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description 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
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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.
Assessment Information
Exam
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Contacts
Course organiser Dr Jeff Collin
Tel: (0131 6)51 3961
Email: jeff.collin@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Miss Cristyn King
Tel: (0131 6)51 3865
Email: cristyn.king@ed.ac.uk
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