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| ECON0722-2 | Econometry applied to health care
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| Duration : | 20h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Olivier Ethgen |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| Part I - Background
Some preliminary definitions. The healthcare costs. The stakeholders (patients, physicians, manufacturers, regulatory agencies, HTA agencies, insurers or "payers").
Part II - Elements of Analysis
Basic concept in pharmacoepidemiology, statistical analysis and econometrics.
Introduction to assessments of quality of life, patient-reported outcomes and decision analysis.
Cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-utility analysis.
Elements of modeling (Markov chain, simulation, probabilistic sensitivity analysis).
Discussion of concrete examples from the literature.
Discussion of the assumptions and limitations of cost-benefit analyses.
Part III - To go further
Introduction to budget impact and public health impact models.
Introduction to multicriteria decision analysis.
Introduction to new forms of risk-sharing contracts and conditional reimbursement.
A few words about the emergence of new information and communication technologies in medicine and public health.
Part IV - Exam Preparation
General summary, corrections of exercises, answers to questions about the course and general review for the exam. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To acquire the key analytical and modeling methods to support medico-economic decision making |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| -16 hours of lecture, with concrete illustrations
- 2 hours of exercise
- 2 hours of revision and exam preparation |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face sessions |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Course notes and transcripts |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam (2 hours) |
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Work placement(s) :
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| None |
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Organizational remarks :
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| None |
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Contacts :
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| Olivier ETHGEN
o.ethgen@ulg.ac.be
+32 471 58 30 10 |
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