SA4C3 Half Unit
Statistical Methods in Health Care Economic Evaluation
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr. Maria Raikou, OLD.2.24
Availability
This course is available on the MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing, MSc in Health, Population and Society, MSc in International Health Policy and MSc in International Health Policy (Health Economics). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Pre-requisites
There is no pre-requisite, although it is envisaged to be complementary to SA4C4.
Course content
This course develops the statistical and modelling techniques necessary to apply economic evaluation to the health care sector. Introduction to random variables and probability distribution, linear regression analysis, logistic regression analysis, survival analysis for health outcomes, survival analysis for treatment costs, parametric and non-parametric approaches for missing data, economic evaluation and clinical trials. Estimation of confidence intervals for cost-effectiveness ratios. Transformation of ratios - net benefit approach. Presentation of results, acceptability curves. This is the same course as SA4G4 Statistical Methods in Health Care Economic Evaluation (modular) but it has different teaching and assessment arrangements.
Teaching
20 hours of lectures and 16 hours of computer workshops in the LT. 1 hour of lectures in the ST.
Indicative reading
The following are basic reading for the course: M Drummond & A McGuire (Eds), Economic Evaluation in Health Care: Merging Theory with Practice, OUP, 2002; M Drummond, B O'Brien, G Stoddart & T Torrance, Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes, 2nd edn, OUP, 1997; M Gold, J Siegel, L Russell & M Weinstein, Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, OUP, 1996; M Johannesson, Theory and Methods of Economic Evaluation in Health Care, Kluwer, 1996; P Johansson, Evaluating Health Risks: An Economic Approach, CUP, 1995
Assessment
Exam (75%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.
Essay (25%, 2500 words) in the ST.
This is the same course as SA4G4 Statistical Methods in Health Care Economic Evaluation (modular) but it has different teaching and assessment arrangements.
Student performance results
(2011/12 - 2013/14 combined)
| Classification | % of students |
|---|---|
| Distinction | 2.9 |
| Merit | 61.8 |
| Pass | 33.3 |
| Fail | 2 |
Key facts
Department: Social Policy
Total students 2014/15: 27
Average class size 2014/15: 29
Controlled access 2014/15: Yes
Value: Half Unit
Personal development skills
- Problem solving
- Application of information skills
- Communication
- Application of numeracy skills
- Specialist skills
Course survey results
(2011/12 - 2013/14 combined)
1 = "best" score, 5 = "worst" scoreThe scores below are average responses.
Response rate: 62.1%
Question |
Average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reading list (Q2.1) |
2.5 | ||||||
Materials (Q2.3) |
2.1 | ||||||
Course satisfied (Q2.4) |
2.1 | ||||||
Lectures (Q2.5) |
2.1 | ||||||
Integration (Q2.6) |
2.3 | ||||||
Contact (Q2.7) |
1.9 | ||||||
Feedback (Q2.8) |
2.3 | ||||||
Recommend (Q2.9) |
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