Health Technology Assessment, Cost-Effectiveness and Decision-making (Synchronous & Asynchronous e-learning)
About This Course
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1) Complete their own health technology assessment project and understand the rationale and methods for doing one.
2) Understand the principles of welfare economics, market failures and how they apply to the supply of health care services.
3) Be able to build and evaluate a cost-effectiveness model
4) Be able to read and interpret a published cost-effectiveness study, able to collaborate with a health economist for a new study.
5) Understand the scientific paradigms of decision making and how they come into conflict with traditional scientific approaches.
What You'll Learn
Health technology assessment is a well-established tool used when decisions need to be made quickly. Often there is no time for new data collection or a dedicated research effort. It is an exercise in synthesising current evidence and responding appropriately. Economic evaluation has its foundations in welfare economics and offers a theory based approach to informing choice and trade-offs given resources are scarce. Often new data are required or a more formal research approach is used. Various modelling approaches are used to complete economic evaluations. Some principles of science will be covered such as how hypothesis testing differs from decision making. Other high level issues will be covered such as disruption and non-rational processes and outcomes.
Entry Requirements
1. Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline such from the health or medical sciences.
2. Relevant work experience in the fields of healthcare or research
3. Applicants from non-English speaking countries will be required to present documentary evidence of their competence in written and spoken English, such as TOEFL (above 85) or IELTS (7 or above).