Module aim:
- Introduce the principles of economic assessment
- Define the different types of pharmaco-economic analyses
- Teach critical appraisal of pharmaco-economic studies
Learning objectives:
- Be aware of and able to identify the different methods used in
pharmacoeconomic assessments - Understand the subjectivity of some of the parameter estimates used in
pharmacoeconomic asessments - Be able to critically assess pharmacoeconomic studies
- Ability to critically assess the quality of published pharmacoeconomic
analyses - Ability to critically comment on the appropriateness of commodification of
health care
Module content
1. The course text: Module 2. PharmacoEconomics
2. A Tutor-marked Assignment
3. A set of reprints as directed readings. The reprints fall into three groups
a. A set of papers on the economic assessments of various
interventions for eradication of H. pylori [List A] One of these form the basis of
the Tutor marked Assignment.
b. A set of consensus statements and guidelines on the conduct and
reporting of cost-effectiveness analyses [List B]
c. A paper on how to handle uncertainty in economic evaluations. This
is optional reading and for reference.
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