Health Economics: Methods for Economic Evaluations of Health Interventions and Programmes
Course, Master's level, 3ME087
Autumn 2023 Autumn 2023, Flexible, 100%, Distance learning, Swedish
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 2 October 2023–5 November 2023
- Language of instruction
- Swedish
- Entry requirements
-
180 credits
- Selection
-
Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
-
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 18,125
- Total tuition fee: SEK 18,125
- Application deadline
- 17 April 2023
- Application code
- UU-45605
Admitted or on the waiting list?
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Flexible, 100%, Distance learning, Swedish
- Location
- Flexible
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- Distance learning
- Number of mandatory on-campus meetings
- 0
- Number of optional on-campus meetings
- 0
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 19 February 2024–24 March 2024
- Language of instruction
- Swedish
- Entry requirements
-
180 credits
- Selection
-
Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
-
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 18,125
- Total tuition fee: SEK 18,125
- Application deadline
- 16 October 2023
- Application code
- UU-95605
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 11 January 2024–21 February 2024
- Information on registration
About the course
This course is an introduction to health economics. It is designed mainly for health practitioners who work with and make decisions about, public health issues. The overall purpose of the course is to build knowledge about how theories, methods, and findings from the field of health economics can be used to achieve the goals of public health in an environment of limited resources.
We will ask: what is public health, and how should it be measured? In particular, we will discuss the health economist's definition of health and its measurement. Which resources are used, and how should they be valued? We will learn the health economist's valuation of resources, given that resources are scarce and always have an alternative use. And finally, how efficiently are the resources used?
The course consists of three parts. In one part of the course, you learn the theoretical basis for health-economic evaluations. You thereafter practice this skill to conduct your own health-economic evaluation in supervised seminars.
In another part, you apply your skill in critical appraisal of health-economic evaluations. You read three articles and summarise and present your weaknesses and strengths in collaboration with your coursemates.
In the last part, you learn how health-economic evaluations influence the often complex decisions about healthcare prioritisation in Sweden. You discuss different cases in class and summarise your discussion in supervised seminars.
In this last part, you also have the opportunity to meet persons who use health-economic evaluations in order to prioritize which healthcare to recommend, reimburse, or use on a national, regional, or even local level.
Outline for distance course: The teaching is done completely digitally. Lecturers and students interact via Zoom and email. The course begins with a compulsory lecture via Zoom. This is followed by six voluntary, theoretical Zoom lectures (90 minutes each). The content is then practiced in seven compulsory seminars (180 minutes each). The course ends with a Zoom meetings with companies and authorities. The meetings take place through Zoom or recorded meetings. Examination takes place through written assignments, written or oral examination, and compulsory seminars. The course requires that you have a computer with internet connection and Excel.