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. :