The overall aim of the course is to develop students' knowledge and skills of economic evaluation as an aid to priority setting in health care. Students will be introduced to the principles of economic evaluation and develop skills in the application of those principles to resource allocation choices. Emphasis will be placed on learning by case study analysis and problem solving in small groups. This unit covers: principles and different types of economic evaluation; critical appraisal guidelines; measuring and valuing benefits; methods of costing; modeling in economic evaluation, the role of the PBAC, introduction to advanced methods including use of patient-level data and data linkage. The workshops consist of interactive lectures, class exercises and quizzes.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Public Health |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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HPOL5000 or FMHU5001 or BSTA5002 |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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PUBH5302 |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Alison Hayes, alison.hayes@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Alison Hayes, alison.hayes@sydney.edu.au |
Tom Lung, tom.lung@sydney.edu.au |