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| ECON0340-1 | Pharmacoeconomy | |||||
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| Duration : | 10h Th | |||||
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| Holder(s) : | Jean‑Pierre Delporte | |||||
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| Course contents : | General structure of the Belgian health system - Definition of health economy, objectives and specificities - Analysis of the consumption of health resources, including drugs, and its determinants - Different ways to regulate the supply and demand of health resources - Cost of drug misuse and side effects - Methodology of drug utilisation studies, a practical example - Methodology of pharmacoeconomy studies, practical example | |||||
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| Course objective : | - Provide students with a rough idea of the Belgian health system structure - Starting from the specificities of the consumption of health resources, including medicines, to specify the objectives of health economy and pharmacoeconomy - Critically analyse the mechanisms and parameters influencing the growth of drug expenditures and the different means developed in most countries to contain it. - Teach the methodology of drug utilisation analysis and of pharmacoeconomy studies | |||||
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| Prerequisites : | None | |||||
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| Workshops : | None | |||||
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| Organization : | 2nd semester, 5 x 2 hours per week | |||||
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| Written notes : | Detailed written notes and slides' copy | |||||
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| Assessment : | Written test (open questions) followed, if not successful, by oral test | |||||
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| Contacts : | Professor Jean-Pierre Delporte Hospital Pharmacy and Pharmacoeconomy Department of Pharmacy Avenue de l'Hôpital, 3, B36 4000 Liège Phone: 32 4 366 43 01 Fax: 32 4 366 43 02 Email: jpdelporte@ulg.ac.be | |||||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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