Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Online Course

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The course is available in two formats:

1. Live Online: Materials are released once per week and students complete the lectures and exercises on the course platform in their own time, then attend a weekly live Q&A session with tutors and faculty via Zoom and can interact with other students, tutors and faculty via online discussion boards. 

Course dates in 2026: Monday 19 Oct to Friday 20 Nov 2026, with live sessions on Thursdays 1-2pm (UK time).

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2. On Demand: The content is the same as for the live course, but the course is in an unsupported “self-study” format with no tutor and faculty support or interaction with other students, and is aimed at those that wish to start straight away, are unable to make the live course dates, or are in a time zone that makes participating in live sessions difficult. Students gain 2 months’ access from the point of enrolment and work through the content in their own time. 

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Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand and explain the basic concepts of distributional cost-effectiveness analysis (DCEA)
• Design a full or simplified DCEA study that provides useful information about the direction and magnitude of health equity impact in a specific decision-making context
• Estimate distributions of health effects and health opportunity costs by adapting a standard cost-effectiveness model – either themselves or in collaboration with others
• Calculate suitable summary measures of health inequality impact
• Analyse trade-offs between reducing health inequality and cost-effectiveness
• Communicate DCEA findings clearly, by producing suitably designed figures and tables and explaining to decision makers what they mean

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