Evaluation of Health Care - ECO00015M
- Department: Economics and Related Studies
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2022-23 |
Module aims
To provide a thorough understanding of the methods used to evaluate health care technologies. This requires an understanding of methods across different disciplines including epidemiology, clinical evaluation and economic evaluation
Module learning outcomes
On completing the module a student will:
have a thorough knowledge of the relevant literature;
be able to critically appraise published evaluations;
have some practical experience of implementing appropriate methods.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) | 100 |
Module feedback
Information currently unavailable
Indicative reading
The reading list covers the core lecture matierial in epidemiology and economic evaluation of health care. Additional reading may be given in individual lecture handouts circulated at the beginning of the lecture.
The following books will be referred to;
Campbell, M.J. and Machin, D., Medical Statistics: A Commonsense Approach, Wiley, 1993.
Jones, A., (ed) Companion to Health Economics, 2nd Edition, Edward Elgar, 2013.
Drummond, M.F., Sculpher, M.J., O'Brien, B., Stoddart, G.L. and Torrance, G.W., Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, 3rd Edition, Oxford Medical Publications, 2005. (Draft of chapters of the forthcoming 4th edition will be made available during the module.)