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York Summer Workshops in Health Economic Evaluation - 2020 

CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION:

The current issues with COVID-19 have produced a fast-moving situation which continues to challenge the organisation of many events internationally.  We have therefore had to carefully consider the best way of dealing with our York Summer Workshops.  With many countries now facing lockdowns for unknown lengths of time, it is with great regret that we have taken the decision to postpone our summer workshops. 

Participants who have already registered and paid their course registration fees will be contacted soon and given the option to either defer their place until the next running of the workshops (dates to be confirmed), or if they prefer they can have a full refund of registration fees. 

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused in these extraordinary circumstances, and we look forward to continuing to provide our short course offerings to you in the future.

 

Venue:  The Hilton York Hotel, York, UK

Open for online bookings

Successful for 25 years, and consistently fully subscribed to, the York Summer Workshops are aimed at those involved in initiating, undertaking, managing or interpreting economic evaluations or quality of life assessments of medicines and other technologies within pharmaceutical and medical device companies, clinical and health services research and health care decision-making organisations. 

Our workshops attract employees from industry organisations including AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, and Servier, as well as public sector University, Government and Hospital employees, from around the world. These diverse backgrounds enhance the world-renowned expert teaching that is experienced by our delegates at York, by also being able to share their own contexts with each other.      

Overview

‌‌We offer three York Summer Workshops:

Decision-makers' demands for information on the cost-effectiveness of health technologies have become more extensive and more sophisticated. At least seven European countries and several managed care groups in the USA now require formal submissions of economic data as part of the reimbursement process for medicines. 

Economic evaluation is also increasingly used internationally to support decisions in areas including public health and vaccines. To keep pace with these constantly changing developments, the York Summer Workshops programme is updated frequently to ensure its continued competitive edge in delivering the most contemporary health economic evaluation training to its participants, who derive from diverse private and public sector organisations around the world.

Objectives

To inform and promote understanding in key areas of quality of life assessment and health economic evaluation and to learn how to:

  • decide whether a particular evaluation is necessary
  • choose a particular methodology
  • identify the data required and appropriate instruments for data collection
  • undertake appropriate analysis
  • communicate the results effectively

If you are uncertain about whether the Foundations or Advanced Workshop would be more suitable for you, please refer to our self-assessment questionnaire to test your basic knowledge of economic evaluation methods, at: Foundations or Advanced Workshop (PDF , 795kb) 

Delegate group photos

  • Group photographs of our 2019 delegates are available to view in our photo gallery.

Foundations

Foundations of Economic Evaluation in Health Care

The 5-day 'Foundations' Workshop includes comprehensive coverage of all key issues in the methods and practice of economic evaluation. It is designed for those, new to the field, wishing to appreciate and appraise studies done by others, or requiring a foundation for more advanced study. It includes discussion of the main design features of studies, such as costing methods, health state preference valuation, integrating economic analysis with clinical trials and modelling approaches. Also, given the increasing demands for studies by health care decision makers, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK, there is in-depth discussion of official requirements and the perspectives of decision makers. The wide range of countries and work backgrounds represented among the participants provides an opportunity to learn from a wide range of experiences.

The majority of the lectures are given by Professor Michael Drummond and Professor Mark Sculpher. In addition there are a number of tutored practical group exercises, which provide the opportunity to learn by ‘doing’. The Foundations Workshop fee includes a complimentary copy of the latest 4th edition of the best-selling textbook  ‘Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes’ by Michael Drummond, Mark Sculpher and others.

Programme (may be subject to change)

Day 1:  Monday 

  • 8.45am - 9.30am: Workshop registration
  • 9.30am - 12.30pm:
    • Introduction to the basic methods of economic evaluation
  • 12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch
  • 1.30pm - 5.00pm: 
    • Theoretical foundations of economic evaluation
    • Guidelines for the conduct of economic evaluation
    • Exercise: Critical Appraisal  
  •  6.30pm - 8.00pm Evening Social Event: Welcome Reception at The King's Manor, York city centre

Day 2:  Tuesday 

  • 9.00am - 12.30pm:
    • Identifying and measuring costs in economic evaluations
    • Exercise: Costing Alternative Radiotherapy Treatments
    • Discounting future costs
    • Measuring and valuing benefits in economic evaluations
  • 12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch
  • 1.30pm - 5.00pm:
    • Utilities, quality-adjusted life-years and willingness-to-pay
    • Exercise: Utility Measurement
    • Equity, QALYs and social value

Day 3:  Wednesday 

  • 9.00am - 12.30pm:
    • Purpose and principles of decision analysis
    • Decision trees
    • Exercise: Decision Analytic Modelling: Developing a Decision Tree Model
  • 12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch
  • 1.30pm - 5.00pm:
    • Markov models in economic evaluation
    • Exercise: Decision Analytic Modelling: Designing a Markov Model

Day 4:  Thursday 

  • 9.00am - 12.30pm:
    • Trial based economic evaluations
    • Statistical considerations in the analysis of individual patient data
  • 12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch
  • 1.30pm - 5.00pm:
    • Exercise: Analysis of Individual Patient Data in a Clinical Trial
  • 7.30 for 8.00pm Evening Social Event: Course Dinner at the Merchant Adventurers' Hall, York city centre

Day 5:  Friday 

  • 9.00am - 12.00pm:
    • Using economic evaluation for pricing and reimbursement decisions
    • Formulary Exercise: Arrangements for Pricing and Access for an Innovative Cancer Therapy
  • 12.00pm -1.00pm: Panel discussion
  • 1.00pm: Lunch and Workshop close

Refreshment times:

  • Mornings: 10.30 - 11.00am
  • Afternoons: 3.00 - 3.30pm (with the exception of Day 5)

Advanced

Advanced Methods for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Meeting Decision-Makers' Requirements

The 5-day 'Advanced' Workshop deals with advanced methods in economic evaluation in health care. It is structured around the analytical steps required to develop economic analyses to inform decision makers such as reimbursement agencies, hospital managers and formulary committees. Although many examples relate to medical technologies (e.g. drugs, devices and diagnostics), the principles extend to other types of intervention like public health. Recent developments in the field are covered, including those relating to health inequalities, evidence synthesis, uncertainty and value of information analysis. In addition to presentations, the workshop includes a series of exercises focusing on the development and analysis of a decision model, and includes computer-based work.

In order to get the most out of the Advanced Workshop, participants should be familiar with Drummond et al. Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, Oxford: OUP, 4th Edition, 2015, and ensure they are familiar with the main functions of Excel(R).

The Faculty and tutors come from the Team for Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York. 

Programme (may be subject to change)

Day 1:  Monday 

  • 8.45am - 9.30am: Workshop Registration
  • 9.30am - 9.45am: Introductions and preliminaries
  • 9.45am - 10.30am: Economic Evaluation and Policy
    • Methods guidelines
    • International policy and economic evaluation
    • Course outline
  • 10.30am - 11.00am: Refreshments
  • 11.00am - 12.00 noon: Analytical Starting Points
    • Analytical requirements for decision making
    • Defining decision problems
    • Scoping analyses
    • Decision rules
    • Modelling vs. patient-level data analysis
  • 12.00 noon - 1.00pm: Exercise - Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios and Net Health Benefits
  • 1.00pm - 2.00pm: Lunch
  • 2.00pm - 3.30pm: Structuring Decision Problems
    • Different types of models
    • Modelling from trials
    • Selecting models
    • Extrapolation
  • 3.30pm - 4.00pm: Refreshments
  • 4.00pm - 5.15pm: Exercise - Structuring Decision Models
  • 6.30pm - 8.00pm Evening Social Event: Welcome Reception at Bedern Hall, York city centre

Day 2:  Tuesday 

  • 9.00am - 10.15am: Populating Decision Models: Effectiveness Evidence
    • Different types of evidence
    • Meta-analysis
    • Meta-regression
    • Indirect comparison and network meta-analysis
  • 10.15am - 10.45am: Refreshments
  • 10.45am - 11.45am: Exercise - Evidence Synthesis  
  • 11.45pm - 12.45pm: Populating Decision Models: Measurement and Valuation of Health Outcomes
    • Types of outcome measures
    • Deriving utilities
    • Data sources
    • Methods controversies
  • 12.45pm - 1.45pm: Lunch
  • 1.45pm - 2.45pm: Populating Models – Costs
    • Types of costs
    • Sources of data
    • Discounting
    • Methods controversies
  • 2.45pm - 3.30pm: Exercise - Assembling Cost and Outcome Data
  • 3.30pm - 4.00pm: Refreshments
  • 4.00pm - 5.30pm: Exercise - Building a Decision Model

Day 3:  Wednesday 

  • 9.00am - 10.00am: Economic Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests
  • 10.00am - 11.15am: Exercise - Evaluation of Diagnostics
  • 11.15am - 11.45am: Refreshments
  • 11.45am - 1.00pm: Dealing with Uncertainty in Decision Models
    • Analysis of models
    • Sensitivity analysis
    • Sub-group analysis
    • Probabilistic analysis
  • 1.00pm - 2.00pm: Lunch
  • 2.00pm - 3.00pm: Exercise - Uncertainty Analysis
  • 3.00pm - 3.30pm: Refreshments 
  • 3.30pm - 5.00pm: Making Decisions
    • Interpreting economic evidence
    • Reflecting uncertainty in decisions
    • Value of perfect information
  • 5.00pm - 5.30pm: Exercise - Value of Perfect Information

Day 4:  Thursday

  • 9.00am - 10.00am: Reflecting Equity in Economic Evaluation
  • 10.00am - 10.45am: Exercise - Equity
  • 10.45am - 11.15am: Refreshments
  • 11.15am - 12.15pm: Understanding Heterogeneity in Economic Evaluation: Sub-Groups of Patients and Jurisdictions
  • 12.15pm - 1.15pm: Exercise - Heterogeneity in Economic Evaluation
  • 1.15pm - 2.15pm: Lunch
  • 2.15pm -3.45pm: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Patient-Level Data Alongside RCTs: Part I
    • Using sample data
    • Presenting uncertainty
  • 3.45pm - 4.15pm: Refreshments
  • 4.15pm - 5.30pm: Guest presentation by Dr Meindert Boysen, Director of the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation at NICE
  • 7.30 for 8.00pm Evening Social Event:  Course Dinner at Kirkgate Victorian Street within the York Castle Museum, York city centre

Day 5:  Friday 

  • 9.00am - 10.30am: Exercise - Analysing and Reporting Trial-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Results
  • 10.30am - 11.00am: Refreshments
  • 11.00am - 11.30am: Solutions and Discussion of Analysing and Reporting Trial-Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Results exercise 
  • 11.30am - 12.30pm: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Patient-Level Data Alongside RCTs: Part II
    • Multi-variable analysis
    • Sub-group analysis
    • Multi-level models
  • 12.30pm - 1.00pm: Finals Questions and Answers
  • 1.00pm:  Lunch and Workshop close

Outcomes

Outcomes Measurement and Valuation for Health Technology Assessment 

The 3-day 'Outcomes' Workshop includes material linked directly to the needs of organisations, such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which make decisions about health care delivery and funding. The workshop covers the key principles of outcomes measurement and valuation as well as their practical implementation in health technology assessment. It focusses on the design, construction and application of a range of approaches to measuring and valuing health outcomes. The approaches considered include methods used in healthcare economic evaluation, such as quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) based on preference-based generic measures (e.g. EQ-5D, HUI); approaches used to ‘map’ from clinical and disease-specific outcomes to generic measures; and direct elicitation of preferences. The use of discrete choice experiments is also considered. This workshop assumes participants have a basic familiarity with health technology assessment (HTA) and focuses on the role and utilisation of outcomes in HTA for decision making.

The workshop delivers a mixture of lectures and hands-on exercises. The majority of lectures will be delivered by Professor Andrea Manca, Professor Mark Sculpher, and Dr Andrew Lloyd. Tutors will also be available to support participants during the exercises.

Programme (may be subject to change)

Day 1:  Monday 

  • 8.45am - 9.30am: Workshop Registration
  • 9.30am - 9.45am: Welcome and Introductions
  • 9.45am - 10.30am: Outcome Measurement in HTA and Policy
    • What is HTA
    • Health, preferences, utility
    • Classifying outcome measures
    • Outcomes for economic evaluation
    • Wider use of outcomes in HTA
    • Course overview
  • 10.30am - 11.00am: Refreshments
  • 11.00am - 12.30pm: Outcome Measurement and Value Assessment
    • Key elements of value assessment
    • International perspectives on outcomes and value
    • Relevant clinical endpoints
    • Why a generic measure?
    • Basics of the QALY and the DALY
    • Challenges and alternatives to the QALY
  • 12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch
  • 1.30pm - 2.30pm: Exercise – Calculating a QALY
  • 2.30pm - 3.30pm: Valuing Outcomes for QALYs
    • Whose preferences?
    • Non choice methods
    • Choice-based methods
  • 3.30pm - 3.45pm: Refreshments
  • 3.45pm - 4.45pm: Exercise - Valuation Methods
  • 4.45pm - 6.00pm: Special Guest Speaker: Professor Mike Drummond, CHE, University of York: 'International Variation in Approaches to Outcome Assessment: Can we Explain it?'
  • Evening Social Event: Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant in York city centre 

Day 2:  Tuesday 

  • 9.00am - 10.30am: Standardised Measures of Health
    • Disease specific instruments
    • Role of vignettes
    • Generic instruments
    • Preference-based instruments
    • Examples of main instruments (e.g. EQ5D, EQ5D 5L)
    • Methods used to derive preference sets
    • Uses in HTA: QALYs, routine measurement, etc
  • 10.30am - 11.00am: Refreshments
  • 11.00am - 12.30pm: Exercise – Measurement
  • 12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch
  • 1.30pm - 3.00pm: Statistical Approaches to the Analysis of Outcome Measures for HTA
    • Analysis of HRQoL data in clinical studies
    • Mapping – rationale and methods
    • What if outcome measures for HTA are not available?
  • 3.00pm - 3.30pm: Refreshments
  • 3.30pm - 5.00pm: Exercise – Mapping

Day 3:  Wednesday 

  • 9.00am - 10.30am: Recent ISPOR Guidance on the Collection and Analysis of Quality of Life Data
    • Collecting health-state utility values for economic models in clinical studies
    • Mapping to estimate utility values
  • 10.30am - 11.00am: Refreshments
  • 11.00am - 12.30pm: Short Sessions on Recent Developments in the Fields
    • Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS) – guiding policy through routine data collection
    • Recent developments in EQ-5D
    • Systematic review and synthesis of quality of life estimates
  • 12.30pm - 1.30pm: Lunch
  • 1.30pm - 3.00pm: Exercise - Developing an Outcomes Strategy
    • Taking a new intervention in a specific clinical area
    • Consider a range of outcome measures
    • Design alternative study designs
    • Multiple stakeholder perspectives
  • 3.00pm - 3.30pm: Questions and Answers session
  • 3.30pm: Workshop close with Refreshments

Fees

Workshop Registration Fees  

All our fees apply to 
organisations worldwide and are UK VAT exempt (i.e. VAT is not payable)                             
Standard fee 

Early booking fee (pre TBC) 

Public sector
discounted fee 

Foundations Workshop £2780.00 £2660.00 £2030.00 PSFW2020 *
Advanced Workshop £2780.00 £2660.00 £2030.00 PSAW2020 *
Outcomes Workshop £1770.00 £1700.00

£1120.00 PSOW2020 *

Registration fees include tuition (and supportive guidance throughout practical exercises), course materials, lunch and refreshments at the workshop venue, social events (Welcome Reception and/or Course Dinner). Registration fees do not include accommodation

We offer an early booking discount for commercial sector registrations received before TBC.

* Promotional Codes for Public Sector discounted rate: We offer a public sector discounted rate which only applies to not-for-profit organisations (e.g. universities, charities, hospitals), government agencies and other public bodies worldwide. The same discounted rate also applies to PhD students. If you are eligible for this rate, please enter the promotional code letters that are shown beneath the public sector discounted fees the table above, into the 'Promo Code' box when you complete your online registration, otherwise the discounted rate will not be applied.

Our short training workshops do not carry any formal CPD (continuing professional development) accreditation, but all delegates are presented with a certificate of completion.   

Places on the workshops are available to book right up until TBC.

 

 

Register online here

Online Registration 

CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION:

The current issues with COVID-19 have produced a fast-moving situation which continues to challenge the organisation of many events internationally.  We have therefore had to carefully consider the best way of dealing with our York Summer Workshops.  With many countries now facing lockdowns for unknown lengths of time, it is with great regret that we have taken the decision to postpone our summer workshops. 

Participants who have already registered and paid their course registration fees will be contacted soon and given the option to either defer their place until the next running of the workshops (dates to be confirmed), or if they prefer they can have a full refund of registration fees. 

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused in these extraordinary circumstances, and we look forward to continuing to provide our short course offerings to you in the future.

Registration is done online by Credit/Debit Card for instant payment and a guaranteed secured place on your chosen workshop (please note the University of York does not accept American Express cards)

If you or your organisation cannot pay by credit/debit card please email the Workshops Administrators.  

Places on the workshops are available to book right up until TBC. 

  • We regret that we cannot reserve or hold workshop places in advance of booking or payment.
  • Where applicable, you are responsible for allowing yourself ample time to apply for any visas you may require to enter the UK, in case of any delays in getting them processed.

Fees

Registration fees are payable in advance of the workshop dates and are fully inclusive of tuition, course materials, lunch and refreshments at the workshop venue, social events (Welcome Reception and/or Course Dinner), but do not include accommodation.

We offer an early booking discount for commercial sector registrations received before 31 March 2020.

* Promotional Codes for Public Sector discounted rate: We also offer a public sector discounted rate which only applies to not-for-profit organisations (e.g. universities, charities, hospitals), government agencies and other public bodies worldwide.  The same discounted rate also applies to PhD students.  If you are eligible for this rate, please enter the promotional code letters that are shown beneath the public sector discounted fees the table below, into the 'Promo Code' box when you complete your online registration, otherwise the discounted rate will not be applied.

All our fees apply to 
organisations worldwide and are UK VAT exempt (i.e. VAT is not payable)                             
Standard fee 

Early booking fee (pre 31 March 2020) 

Public sector
discounted fee 

Foundations Workshop £2780.00 £2660.00 £2030.00 PSFW2020 *
Advanced Workshop £2780.00 £2660.00 £2030.00 PSAW2020 *
Outcomes Workshop £1770.00 £1700.00

£1120.00 PSOW2020 *

Cancellations and alterations

For bookings of between 1 and 5 people from the same organisation a full refund of workshop registration fees (less a 10% administrative charge) will be made for cancellations received in writing at least one month prior to each workshop. Cancellations made less than one month prior to each workshop are not refundable.

For larger bookings of 6 or more people from the same organisation a full refund of workshop registration fees (less a 10% administrative charge) will be made for cancellations received in writing at least two months prior to each workshop. Cancellations made less than two months prior to each workshop are not refundable.

Substitutes can be made but please email the substitute delegate details as soon as these are known, to the Workshops Administrators.

In the unlikely event that, due to unforeseen circumstances, any of the workshops have to be cancelled by the University of York, our liability is limited to a refund of paid workshop fees only. We recommend that delegates have adequate insurance cover to claim any travel or personal expenses.

2020 York Summer Workshops venue

Hilton York Hotel 
1 Tower Street, York, YO1 9WD, UK.
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The Hilton York hotel, located opposite York's iconic Clifford's Tower, is within easy walking distance of popular attractions such as Jorvik Viking Centre and York Minster. For shopping, many popular high street retailers are a short walk away, as are a wide variety of places to eat and drink. We are proud to be hosting our 2020 workshops at this contemporary 4-star hotel. 

Accommodation

Accommodation fees are additional to the registration fee and delegates are responsible for booking their own accommodation and arranging payment directly with the hotel of their choice.

For delegates seeking other accommodation options, there are numerous establishments within easy walking distance of The Hilton York Hotel.

Once delegates complete and submit their online Registration Form, they will receive an email which includes further information about the workshops and guidance on booking their accommodation in York. This accommodation information is also accessible at: YSW Accommodation Information 2020 (PDF , 1,278kb)

Who to contact

  • Vanessa King
    and Kay Fountain
    York Summer Workshops Administrators
    irss82@york.ac.uk
    Tel: +44 (0)1904 321450 / 321449

2020 Workshop Dates

  • Foundations Workshop
    15 - 19 June 2020
  • Advanced Workshop
    22 - 26 June 2020
  • Outcomes Workshop
    29 June - 1 July 2020
    POSTPONED - future dates to be confirmed

 

2020 York Summer Workshops (PDF , 292kb)