Pharmacoeconomy

Duration

10h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Thierry Van Hees

Substitute(s)

Robin Crunenberg

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Table of Contents --------------------

• General structure of Health System in Belgium
• Introduction to Health Economics : objectives and specifics
• Place of medication in Health Economics
• Regulation of drug expenditure : drug prices, control of drug supply and demand
• Evaluation of drug use
• Introduction to pharmacoeconomic studies

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of this course, students should be able to :

• Describe the organization of Health System in Belgium, its origin and objectives
• Understand the specificity of the Health Economics
• Analyse the mechanisms and parameters influencing the growth of spending, including drug expenditure, and ways to contain this growth
• Decompose the price of drugs, calculate the patient's co-payment
• Describe methodology of drug use evaluations and pharmacoeconomic studies

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Having completed an internship in community pharmacy, communautary care, ... is helpful to put in perspective the theoretical lecture with field practice.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, discussions and exercises

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face learning 1st semester, 5 x 2 hours

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

not available

Recommended or required readings

• Presentations available on MyULiège
• Keep up-to-date on all matters related to health economics and the topic seen during the lessons
• Consultation of websites on the organization of health care in Belgium, the reimbursement of medicines, the remuneration of pharmacists, CBIP and Folia

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

• YELLOW code: face-to-face exams without prior written preparation
• ORANGE code: remote exams online via lifesize without prior written preparation
• RED code: online distance exams via lifesize without prior written preparation

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Maitre de conférence, Pharmacien Robin Crunenberg robin.crunenberg@uliege.be