Economic Evaluation

Department
  • Master's Program International Health & Social Management
Course unit code
  • IHSM-EU-HEM-M3.2
Number of ECTS credits allocated
  • 5.0
Name of lecturer(s)
  • Wong An Qi Angela, BSc MA, Prof. Durand-Zaleski Isabelle, MD, PhD, Gad Mohamed, MD, MA
Mode of delivery
  • -
Recommended optional program components
  • none
Recommended or required reading
  • Value in Health: HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS Capacity Building for HTA Implementation in Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Hungary
    NICE: Better Decisions for Better Health: Priority-Setting and Health Technology Assessment for Universal Health Coverage in India. Websites of GAVI, GFATM, WB and WHO
    Health technology assessment and health policy-making in Europe. Current status, challenges and potential (2008)
    Read: https://www.cinj.org/sites/cinj/files/documents/CriticalAppraisalOfAJournalArticle.pdf
    Find in your own experience examples of ‘bad science‘ as cited in the is article and explain why it was bad scienceUncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care; The iDSI Reference Case for economic evaluation; Bookshelf guide to CEA; Economic Evaluation of Hypertension Management in Ghana; Strengthening HTA
    systems in the global south; Capacity develoopment a UND primer; INNE Framework.
Level of course unit
  • Master
Year of study
  • Fall 2025
Semester when the course unit is delivered
  • 3
Language of instruction
  • English
Learning outcomes of the course unit
  • This course is about being able to make your own opinion about new health technologies in the context of your health care system. Students should be able to understand the medical and economic information that is presented (eg by healthcare professionals, manufacturers, patients’ advocates), to analyze it and to be critical about the data and the vested interests.
    Students will understand the context of health expenditures within the context of health systems and the rational need for priority setting and decision-making in the context of health technology (pharma, vaccines and med. Equipment)
Course contents
  • Methods for the economic evaluation of social & healthcare services & programs
    Tools of economic evaluations: costing methodology, measures of outcomes, quality of life, societal values
    Presentation of appraisal tools, use of appraisal tools on examples
    Role of economic evaluation in promoting access to innovation
    Mini-HTA and other methods for economic evaluation at institutional level
    Priority setting and decision-making in the context of social & health systems
    Appraisal of conditional cash transfer programs and quasi-experimental design interventions
    Technical and ethical dimensions and dilemmas of priority setting & rationing
    Economic analysis both in high and low income health settings and the role of international agencies in international social and health systems performance
    Case studies on HTA and other methods for economic evaluation at regional, national and international level
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Work placement(s)
  • none

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