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Faculty of Medicine
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Certifificat interuniversitaire en économie de la santé
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Informations complémentaires
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 Information
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 Mr Pierre GILLET Health regulations Block B35 - CHU - 4000 Liege Phone number : 04/366.70.08 Fax number : 04/366.75.08 E-mail address : pierre.gillet@ulg.ac.be
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 Presentation
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 This course should enable participants to: - Critically evaluate medical-economic studies. - Evaluate the profitability, effectiveness and utility of therapeutic or preventative options. - Be able to assess, in economic terms, the choice of medical investments.
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 - Understand the concept of pharmacoeconomics and its impact on how the cost of drugs is reimbursed. - Be able to provide relevant information in terms of economic evaluations to decision makers in the health sector. - Integrate ethical considerations into medical-economic decisions. - Identify the various healthcare structures in the Belgian healthcare environment.
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 Special conditions of access / students concerned
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 This training targets nurses (with a Masters), doctors, pharmacists or other professionals who are active in the healthcare sector (minimum three years experience).
Applicants not meeting these conditions will be examined by the organising committee on the basis of a more extensive application file.
Number of registrations: Maximum 30 students.
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 Duration of the training
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 One semester (6 Fridays and 2 Saturdays mornings) : 10 ECTS
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 Courses programme
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Collegiality :
-For the'ULg : Bernard BASSLEER, Pierre GILLET -For the ULB : Alain DE WEVER, Magali PIRSON -For the UCL : Marie-Christine COLSON, Elisabeth DARRAS
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Themes featuring in the programme :
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 - Economics of health and market economics - The main types of economic evaluation - Critical analyses of economic evaluations - Economic and statistical considerations - Willingness to pay - Cost effectiveness and cost-utility (theory and exercises).
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 - Minimising costs, cost-benefit (theory and exercises) - Pharmacoeconomics (theory and exercises) - Ethics and therapeutic freedom - Primary health care - Etc...
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 Assessment
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 Awarding of the certificate of participation is conditional upon presence at 80% of sessions. A university certificate can be obtained through successful work.
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 Registration
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 Where ? : M. PIRSON - A. DE WEVER, Economy and Health, Ecole de Santé Publique ULB, CP 592, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Bruxelles Phone : 02/555.40.56 - 40.34 Fax : 02/555.82.32 - 40.56
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 Documents to be presented : Dean's authorisation for enrolment
Enrolment fees : 1,800.
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