Study Programmes 2015-2016
| ECON0722-2 | |||||||||||
| Econometry applied to health care | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 20h Th | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| 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 second semester | |||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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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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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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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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