Evaluation of Health Care - ECO00104M
Module summary
To provide a thorough understanding of the methods used to evaluate health care technologies.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 1 2025-26 |
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, statistics, welfare economics and operations research. It also requires an in-depth understanding of the principles that underpin these methods.
Module learning outcomes
On completing the module a student will:
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Understand the different approaches regarding principles underpinning different types of economic evaluation;
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Be able to critically appraise published evaluations;
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Have practical experience of implementing appropriate methods;
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Be able to analyse and contribute to debates regarding policies regarding the economic value of new health care technologies.
Module content
Topic 1: Efficacy
Sub-topics:
¿ Randomised controlled
trials
¿ Non-experimental evidence
¿ Survival time
analysis
¿ Meta-analysis
Topic 2: Effectiveness
Sub-topics:
¿ Generic measures of health
¿ Controversies
Topic 3: Estimating preferences for health
Sub-topics:
¿
Valuing life and health
¿ Contingent valuation
¿ Discrete
choice experiments
Topic 4: Efficiency
Sub-topics:
¿ Normative foundations
of cost-benefit analysis
¿ Making decisions using cost-benefit analysis
Topic 5: Cost-effectiveness
Sub-topics:
¿ Principles of
cost-effectiveness
¿ Practice of cost-effectiveness
¿
Cost-effectiveness analysis in LMIC contexts
Topic 6: Decision modelling
Sub-topics:
¿ Evidence
synthesis
¿ Vehicles for economic evaluation
¿ Decision modelling
Topic 7: Equity
Sub-topics:
¿ Implicit value
judgements
¿ Equity
Topic 8: Uncertainty
Sub-topics:
¿ Types of
uncertainty
¿ Value of information
Topic 9: Heterogeneity
Sub-topics:
¿ Principles for
exploring heterogeneity
¿ How to investigate heterogeneity
¿
Policy considerations
Topic 10: Prioritisation
Sub-topics:
¿ Informing health
benefits packages
¿ Health system strengthening
¿ Ethical considerations
Topic 11: Innovation
Sub-topics:
¿ Dynamic
efficiency
¿ Policies
¿ Innovative financing
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) | 100.0 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) | 100.0 |
Module feedback
Following departmental policy, written cohort feedback will be provided online.
Indicative reading
An introductory overview of all of the material can be found in:
Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes / Michael F. Drummond, Mark J. Sculpher, Karl Claxton, Greg Stoddart, George W. Torrance. 4th ed. Oxford University Press,; 2015:xiii, 445 p. :