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Health Economics for Healthcare Managers - ECO00115M

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  • Department: Economics and Related Studies
  • Credit value: 15 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2025-26

Module summary

The aim of this module is to introduce students to health economics and its relevance to key agents, institutions and structures within healthcare

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Online Teaching Period 5 2025-26

Module aims

The aim of this module is to introduce students to health economics and its relevance to key agents, institutions and structures within healthcare. The module will provide a toolkit for evaluating interventions in terms of their ability to deliver value for money. It will also provide a framework for understanding, measuring and addressing health inequalities.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

  • Appreciate the relevance of health economics to decisions faced by healthcare managers in a range of contexts

  • Understand and critically appraise methods of evaluating the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions and technologies

  • Apply tools and frameworks for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions and technologies

  • Examine the importance of financial and non-financial incentives in shaping healthcare practice and delivery

  • Quantify the extent of health inequalities and factor this into designing policies that can have an impact on health inequalities

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Assignment - York Online Programmes 100.0

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

None

Module feedback

In accordance with University of York and School for Business and Society Policy. Feedback will be provided via the Canvas online VLE either written or recorded.

Indicative reading

The Economics of Health and Health Care, S. Folland, A.C. Goodman, M. Stano. Routledge. New York, NY. 9th edition.

 

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,


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