Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Demonstrate knowledge of normative and positive health
economics
- Understand the different methods for economic evaluation and
economic analysis in health care and their application
- Demonstrate knowledge of health technology assessment
- Understanding of costs, including the difference between
expenses and disbursements, as well as fixed, variable, direct
costs, overhead costs and productivity loss
- Understanding outcome measures applied in health economic
evaluations, including both patient-reported outcomes and monetary
valuation of health outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of Quality-Adjusted Life Years and
understanding of applications and limitations in health care
decision-making
- Demonstrate knowledge of prioritisation in health care systems
and understanding of the associated ethical
dilemmas
Skills
- Produce a simple economic evaluation of a new health care
intervention
- Produce a deterministic sensitivity analysis (e.g. one-way,
two-way, scenario analysis)
Competences
- Differentiate between normative and positive health
economics
- Assess whether new health care interventions represent “good
value for money”
- Critically assess the appropriateness of pre-developed
questionnaires
- Critically assess the methodological quality of existing
economic evaluations and interpret the validity and transferability
of the results
Type of instruction
- Teaching varies between lectures, workshops, (group) exercises
and individual study
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Methods of Economic Evaluation in Healthcare |
Type of exam | Written or oral exam |
ECTS | 5 |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |
Additional information
Please consult the Moodle page for your semester and contact the
semester coordinator if you have academic questions, or the study
secretary if you have administrative questions.
All other enquiries may be directed to
Helene
Nørgaard, secretary of the Study Board.