Introduction to Health Economics
Date:
16/05/2017
Organised by:
University of Warwick ESRC DTC
Presenter:
Dr Hema Mistry
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Map:
View in Google Maps (CV4 7AL)
Venue:
A042 Warwick Medical School, Gibbet Hill Campus, University of Warwick
Description:
This advanced training workshop is for anyone who needs to understand how costs and benefits of health care interventions are evaluated and how health economics is used by decision makers in the health services.
The workshop will provide an understanding of:
- the key health economic concepts,the principles involved in costing health care services,
- the different health outcomes used in an economic analysis including the concept of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs),
- the role of economic evaluations alongside randomised controlled trials,the role of decision modelling in economic evaluations,
- how to use and interpret cost-effectiveness data, including the cost per QALY which is used to inform policy decisions.
The workshop will have a mixture of lectures intertwined with breakout exercises and practical sessions.
Cost:
None
Website and registration:
Region:
West Midlands
Keywords:
Poststructuralism, Evaluation Research, Policy evaluation, Case Study, Secondary Analysis, Qualitative sampling, Statistical Theory and Methods of Inference, Multilevel Modelling , Survival analysis, Simulation , Bootstrap simulation , Non-Parametric Approaches, Sensitivity analysis, Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
Related publications and presentations:
Poststructuralism
Evaluation Research
Policy evaluation
Case Study
Secondary Analysis
Qualitative sampling
Statistical Theory and Methods of Inference
Multilevel Modelling
Survival analysis
Simulation
Bootstrap simulation
Non-Parametric Approaches
Sensitivity analysis
Evidence-Based Policy and Practice