HEALTH ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION

Course Code

HE 4015

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr M Kilonzo

Pre-requisites

360 credit points including all core courses.

Overview

Topics will include: basic principles of opportunity cost; economic definitions and approaches to assessing "need"; distinguishing between different techniques of economic evaluation; how to measure the costs and effects of health care inventions; concepts of marginal analysis,
discounting and sensitivity analysis; critical appraisal of articles on economic evaluations of health care; the health behaviours of individuals; the organisation and financing of health services; priority setting and resource allocation; and equity in health and health care.

Structure

1 two-hour lecture/seminar per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: in-course assessment (50%) and 1 two-hour examination (50%).