Introduction to Health Economics University of Birmingham

Overview

The Introduction to Health Economics course from the University of Birmingham covers issues including health and health care systems, methods of economic evaluation, setting priorities using health economics and the interface between health economics and health policy.

By the end of the module you should be able to:

• Demonstrate a knowledge of the roles and limitations of markets and incentives in health systems;

• Distinguish between the different forms of economic evaluation and show an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches;

• Critically review published economic evaluations of health technologies;

• Demonstrate an understanding of the techniques used to measure both costs and benefits in the evaluation of health care.