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PU5032: HEALTH ECONOMICS (2016-2017)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

None.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Foresterhill Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Patricia Norwood

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course is in four parts:

1. Demand and supply: an introduction to health economics, in which the key concepts of demand and supply are applied to health care;

2. Economic evaluation: explanation of the rationale for, an main techniques of economic evaluation of health care interventions; and

3. Health systems, Priority Settings and Resource Allocation: analysis of the main alternative systems for organising and financing health care.

4. Health Behaviours: analysis of health behaviours in an economic setting.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

1 two hour written examination (60%) and an assessment in the form of a Health Economic essay (40%).

Resit: 100% examination.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

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