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University of Melbourne

  • 37% international / 63% domestic

Short course: Introduction to health economic evaluation alongside clinical studies

  • Non-Award

A two-day course providing an overview of economic evaluation alongside randomised controlled trials, focusing on design and practical aspects.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Duration
2 - 2 years full-time
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Aug

About this course

Overview

A two day course run by Melbourne Health Economics within the Centre for Health Policy providing an overview of economic evaluation alongside randomised controlled trials and other studies, with a particular focus on the design and practical aspects.

Entry requirements

Pre-requisites

There are no formal prerequisites, although we recommend that participants have previously attended our Introduction to Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health course.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

What you will learn

A two day course run by Melbourne Health Economics within the Centre for Health Policy providing an overview of economic evaluation alongside randomised controlled trials and other studies, with a particular focus on the design and practical aspects.

Course structure

Course outline

This one day course will provide an overview of cost effectiveness analysis and examples of economic evaluations that have been conducted of trials. Practical information on methods for prospectively collecting costs and outcomes data through administrative data linkage and patient surveys will be provided. It will also explain the techniques used to analyse economic data and illustrate this through examples. Issues covered in this course include:

  • Economic evaluation alongside trials
  • Analysing health economic data
  • Methods to assess quality of life and input of clinical outcomes in cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Extrapolation, modelling and capturing uncertainty
  • Collecting relevant cost data
  • Economic evaluation reporting standards

How to apply

Applications for courses can be filled out online via eCart.